Pass rate
84.9%
Around average — 5.8 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 656 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£96
2020 Skoda Superb Sportline + MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 43,373 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
44.6% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 86.0% pass
- Avoid 2020 84.9% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.4%
- Typical mileage
- 43k mi
The 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline + MOT pass rate is 84.9% of its MOT tests — 5.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 44.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Skoda Superb Sportline + does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 44.6% of everything recorded on the 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline +, against 19.8% nationally — 24.8 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 90.7%; this one manages 84.9% — 5.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 2% 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 Superb Sportline + compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 5.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.4%. The median 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline + in this dataset had covered 43,373 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.8% of the time, April–September 84.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 3.05% of tests.
- 656 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.9% overall pass rate, 82.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Skoda Superb Sportline +, the average is 85.3% — best year 2021 (86.0%), worst 2020 (84.9%).
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
- 656
- Typical mileage (median)
- 43,373 mi
- Make and model
- Skoda Superb Sportline +
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Superb Sportline + MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 73% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Superb Sportline +
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 185 | 84.3% |
| East of England | 80 | 85.0% |
| North West | 72 | 88.9% |
| Yorkshire | 70 | 85.7% |
| West Midlands | 65 | 83.1% |
| East Midlands | 60 | 83.3% |
| South West | 39 | 82.1% |
| Scotland | 32 | 84.4% |
| North East | 25 | 84.0% |
| London | 17 | 88.2% |
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 Superb Sportline +
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 Superb Sportline +
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 shock absorbers 3.0% 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 lights 1.4% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 suspension joints 1.2% 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.
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 Superb Sportline + through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£96 — and 2% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£96
- Cheapest common item: front fog lamps insecure
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 2%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 656 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 Sportline +, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2020 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.9% to 86.0% — a spread of 1.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 84.9%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 86.0% windscreen damaged but not…
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 Superb Sportline + 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
- Tesla Model X 84.6%
- Vauxhall Corsa E 85.4%
- Isuzu D-Max 85.4%
- Ford Ranger 85.6%
- Peugeot 508 86.0%
- Nissan Navara 86.3%
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 Superb Sportline + 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 552 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 | 246 | 44.60% | 19.76% | +24.84 |
| Suspension | 133 | 24.10% | 20.98% | +3.12 |
| Brakes | 81 | 14.70% | 20.89% | −6.19 |
| Non-component advisories | 37 | 6.70% | 4.18% | +2.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 20 | 3.60% | 12.21% | −8.61 |
| Road Wheels | 14 | 2.50% | 0.75% | +1.75 |
| Visibility | 13 | 2.40% | 4.97% | −2.57 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 0.50% | 5.57% | −5.07 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 0.50% | 0.82% | −0.32 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 0.40% | 5.52% | −5.12 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £30–75 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £40–150 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.91% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.76% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.61% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.46% | £30–80 |
| Front fog lamps insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.30% | £3–15 |
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 | 16.2% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £30–75 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 4.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.8% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 170 | 89.4% | 23,107 mi |
| 30-60k | 303 | 83.5% | 43,512 mi |
| 60-90k | 121 | 81.0% | 73,107 mi |
| 90-120k | 45 | 84.4% | 102,311 mi |
| 120k+ | 17 | 94.1% | 148,739 mi |
Source: 656 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 Superb Sportline + MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline +?
84.9% of the 656 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline + tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 82.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline +?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.05%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (3.05%), has ply or cords exposed (2.29%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline + MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.4% of the time, falling to 94.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline + in this dataset had covered 43,373 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Skoda Superb Sportline + MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.