Pass rate
91.4%
Above average — 0.7 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 23,118 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£114
2020 Skoda Kodiaq MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 34,627 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
32.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
1.2 pts up across model years — 3.9% in 2017, 5.1% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2019 89.9% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 10.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.7%
- Typical mileage
- 35k mi
The 2020 Skoda Kodiaq MOT pass rate is 91.4% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Skoda Kodiaq does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.5× the national share
Brakes make up 32.3% of everything recorded on the 2020 Skoda Kodiaq, against 20.9% nationally — 11.4 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2020 Skoda Kodiaq compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 0.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.7%. The median 2020 Skoda Kodiaq in this dataset had covered 34,627 mi.
63% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 91.7% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.6% of the time, April–September 91.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.42% of tests.
- 23,118 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.4% overall pass rate, 90.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Skoda Kodiaq, the average is 90.9% — best year 2024 (100.0%), worst 2019 (89.9%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 23,118
- Typical mileage (median)
- 34,627 mi
- Make and model
- Skoda Kodiaq
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Kodiaq MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (63% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Kodiaq
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 6,253 | 92.5% |
| East of England | 2,360 | 91.1% |
| North West | 2,313 | 92.3% |
| Scotland | 2,159 | 89.3% |
| South West | 2,089 | 90.9% |
| West Midlands | 1,841 | 92.3% |
| Yorkshire | 1,704 | 90.6% |
| East Midlands | 1,607 | 87.4% |
| London | 1,064 | 93.2% |
| North East | 1,006 | 92.3% |
| Wales | 722 | 92.1% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2020 Kodiaq
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2020 Kodiaq
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the windscreen 2.4% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 1.4% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the brakes 1.0% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2020 Kodiaq through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£114 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£114
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 23,118 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Kodiaq, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2017 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.9% to 100.0% — a spread of 10.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 90.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 89.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 91.4%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 92.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 92.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 96.8% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2024 100.0% headlamp aim too high
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2020 Skoda Kodiaq with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2020 cars with a similar record
- Audi A1 91.4%
- Volkswagen T-Cross 91.4%
- BMW X3 91.4%
- Fiat 500 Lounge 91.4%
- Fiat 500X 91.4%
- Mitsubishi Outlander Dynamic 91.4%
Closest pass rates among 2020 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2020 Skoda Kodiaq 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 20,628 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 6,677 | 32.30% | 20.89% | +11.41 |
| Tyres | 5,912 | 28.60% | 19.76% | +8.84 |
| Suspension | 3,764 | 18.20% | 20.98% | −2.78 |
| Non-component advisories | 2,293 | 11.10% | 4.18% | +6.92 |
| Visibility | 962 | 4.60% | 4.97% | −0.37 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 458 | 2.20% | 12.21% | −10.01 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 247 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 165 | 0.80% | 5.52% | −4.72 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 80 | 0.40% | 0.82% | −0.42 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 70 | 0.30% | 5.57% | −5.27 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £40–150 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.97% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.73% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 0.58% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.51% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.38% | £3–12 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.35% | £8–25 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.34% | £45–110 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.8% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.9% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 5.8% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8,648 | 93.7% | 21,904 mi |
| 30-60k | 12,191 | 90.5% | 41,750 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,941 | 87.7% | 69,590 mi |
| 90-120k | 260 | 86.9% | 101,727 mi |
| 120k+ | 76 | 86.8% | 140,682 mi |
Source: 23,118 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2020 Kodiaq MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Skoda Kodiaq?
91.4% of the 23,118 2020 Skoda Kodiaq tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 90.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Skoda Kodiaq?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.42%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (1.41%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.24%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Skoda Kodiaq MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.7% of the time, falling to 86.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Skoda Kodiaq in this dataset had covered 34,627 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 Skoda Kodiaq?
Petrol: 91.7% pass rate across 14,678 tests. Diesel: 90.8% pass rate across 8,440 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2020 Skoda Kodiaq MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.