Pass rate
70.9%
Below average — 2.2 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 8,450 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£110
2008 Skoda Roomster MOT pass rate
- 2008
- 2 trims combined
- typical 104,572 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2015 86.3% pass
- Avoid 2006 67.0% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 19.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.3%
- Typical mileage
- 105k mi
The 2008 Skoda Roomster MOT pass rate is 70.9% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Skoda Roomster does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 13.8% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% 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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Every Skoda Roomster first registered in 2008 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2008 Skoda Roomster compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.3%. The median 2008 Skoda Roomster in this dataset had covered 104,572 mi.
54% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 68.7% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.3% of the time, April–September 70.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 7.09% of tests.
- 8,450 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.9% overall pass rate, 60.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Skoda Roomster, the average is 77.5% — best year 2015 (86.3%), worst 2006 (67.0%).
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
- 8,450
- Typical mileage (median)
- 104,572 mi
- Make and model
- Skoda Roomster
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Roomster MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (54% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Roomster
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,890 | 73.7% |
| South West | 1,364 | 66.9% |
| East of England | 934 | 71.5% |
| West Midlands | 811 | 74.2% |
| Yorkshire | 743 | 70.8% |
| North West | 660 | 70.9% |
| Wales | 530 | 66.2% |
| Scotland | 509 | 64.6% |
| East Midlands | 453 | 72.6% |
| London | 289 | 78.9% |
| North East | 267 | 70.4% |
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 2008 Roomster
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 2008 Roomster
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 lights 5.3% of tests
“position lamp not working”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the coil springs 4.9% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the windscreen 3.6% 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.
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 2008 Roomster through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£110 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£110
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 8,450 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 Roomster, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2006 to 2015. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.0% to 86.3% — a spread of 19.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 67.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 69.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 70.9%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 72.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 76.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 78.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 79.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 82.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 86.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2008 Skoda Roomster 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Fiat Punto 70.9%
- Mitsubishi Colt 70.9%
- Kia Sportage 70.9%
- Fiat Grand Punto 70.9%
- Fiat 500 71.0%
- Vauxhall Vectra 70.8%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Skoda Roomster 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 22,695 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 5,259 | 22.80% | 20.98% | +1.82 |
| Brakes | 4,740 | 20.50% | 20.89% | −0.39 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3,254 | 14.10% | 12.21% | +1.89 |
| Tyres | 3,190 | 13.80% | 19.76% | −5.96 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2,054 | 8.90% | 5.57% | +3.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,044 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Steering | 1,013 | 4.40% | 2.57% | +1.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 891 | 3.90% | 4.18% | −0.28 |
| Visibility | 755 | 3.30% | 4.97% | −1.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 495 | 2.10% | 1.76% | +0.34 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 7.1% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.5% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.3% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.0% | £5–20 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 4.9% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.6% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £3–12 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.2% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.0% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.1% | £40–150 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.5% | £25–65 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 57 | 87.7% | 24,705 mi |
| 30-60k | 755 | 80.3% | 49,384 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,094 | 74.6% | 77,034 mi |
| 90-120k | 2,588 | 69.6% | 104,533 mi |
| 120k+ | 2,941 | 66.7% | 150,318 mi |
Source: 8,450 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.
2008 Roomster MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Skoda Roomster?
70.9% of the 8,450 2008 Skoda Roomster tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 60.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Skoda Roomster?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (7.09%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.49%), position lamp not working (5.28%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Skoda Roomster MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.7% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Skoda Roomster in this dataset had covered 104,572 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Skoda Roomster?
Diesel: 68.7% pass rate across 4,566 tests. Petrol: 73.5% pass rate across 3,884 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Skoda Roomster MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.