Pass rate
89.1%
Above average — 2.1 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 8,645 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £48–£116
2021 Skoda Superb MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 44,534 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
35.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
0.6 pts up across model years — 6.8% in 2008, 7.4% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 96.9% pass
- Avoid 2007 73.4% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 23.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.9%
- Typical mileage
- 45k mi
The 2021 Skoda Superb MOT pass rate is 89.1% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Skoda Superb does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.8× the national share
Tyres make up 35.0% of everything recorded on the 2021 Skoda Superb, against 19.8% nationally — 15.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 5% 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 2021 Skoda Superb compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 2.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.9%. The median 2021 Skoda Superb in this dataset had covered 44,534 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 36% of tests, with a 89.1% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.6% of the time, April–September 88.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.71% of tests.
- 8,645 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.1% overall pass rate, 87.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Skoda Superb, the average is 84.0% — best year 2023 (96.9%), worst 2007 (73.4%).
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
- 8,645
- Typical mileage (median)
- 44,534 mi
- Make and model
- Skoda Superb
- 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 Superb MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (36% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Superb
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,994 | 89.9% |
| North West | 952 | 87.4% |
| East of England | 933 | 90.0% |
| West Midlands | 813 | 90.5% |
| East Midlands | 789 | 85.4% |
| South West | 752 | 85.8% |
| Scotland | 733 | 89.6% |
| Yorkshire | 707 | 89.0% |
| North East | 412 | 92.5% |
| Wales | 294 | 92.2% |
| London | 266 | 92.5% |
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 2021 Superb
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 2021 Superb
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 3.7% 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 shock absorbers 2.7% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the tyre tread 1.1% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2021 Superb through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £48–£116 — and 5% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £48–£116
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 5%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 8,645 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 Superb, side by side
23 model years on record, from 2002 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.4% to 96.9% — a spread of 23.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 78.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 76.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 75.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 75.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 74.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 73.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 75.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 75.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 76.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 76.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 77.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 78.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 79.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 81.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 86.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 86.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 87.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 87.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 88.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 89.1%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 91.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 96.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2024 96.6% has ply or cords exposed
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 2021 Skoda Superb 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- BMW 520D 89.1%
- Volvo XC90 R-Design B5 89.0%
- Peugeot 5008 89.2%
- MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech 89.2%
- Hyundai I10 N 88.9%
- BMW 320D 89.3%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Skoda Superb 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 7,419 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 2,608 | 35.00% | 19.76% | +15.24 |
| Brakes | 1,787 | 24.00% | 20.89% | +3.11 |
| Suspension | 1,596 | 21.40% | 20.98% | +0.42 |
| Visibility | 512 | 6.90% | 4.97% | +1.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 414 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 267 | 3.60% | 12.21% | −8.61 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 87 | 1.20% | 5.52% | −4.32 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 69 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
| Road Wheels | 49 | 0.70% | 0.75% | −0.05 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 30 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
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 | 3.7% | £80–200 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £30–75 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.84% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.73% | £40–150 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.67% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.60% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.54% | £30–80 |
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 | 13.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.2% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 10.1% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.4% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,367 | 93.3% | 20,682 mi |
| 30-60k | 3,560 | 89.1% | 43,616 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,708 | 85.0% | 73,128 mi |
| 90-120k | 666 | 85.4% | 102,708 mi |
| 120k+ | 344 | 87.5% | 148,091 mi |
Source: 8,645 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.
2021 Superb MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Skoda Superb?
89.1% of the 8,645 2021 Skoda Superb tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 87.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Skoda Superb?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.71%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (2.74%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Skoda Superb MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.3% of the time, falling to 87.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Skoda Superb in this dataset had covered 44,534 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Skoda Superb?
Diesel: 89.1% pass rate across 3,132 tests. Hybrid: 86.8% pass rate across 2,965 tests. Petrol: 91.8% pass rate across 2,548 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Skoda Superb MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.