Pass rate
89.2%
Above average — 3.2 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 36,101 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£112
2017 Skoda Yeti MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 45,614 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
29.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 89.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2009 75.1% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 14.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.9%
- Typical mileage
- 46k mi
The 2017 Skoda Yeti MOT pass rate is 89.2% of its MOT tests — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Skoda Yeti does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 29.7% of everything recorded on the 2017 Skoda Yeti, against 19.8% nationally — 9.9 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.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 86.0% and this one manages 89.2% — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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 2017 Skoda Yeti compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.9%. The median 2017 Skoda Yeti in this dataset had covered 45,614 mi.
66% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 89.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.7% of the time, April–September 88.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.24% of tests.
- 36,101 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.2% overall pass rate, 87.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Skoda Yeti, the average is 83.5% — best year 2017 (89.2%), worst 2009 (75.1%).
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
- 36,101
- Typical mileage (median)
- 45,614 mi
- Make and model
- Skoda Yeti
- 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 Yeti MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (66% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Yeti
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 7,754 | 90.1% |
| South West | 5,406 | 89.7% |
| Scotland | 3,465 | 84.7% |
| Yorkshire | 3,427 | 88.8% |
| East of England | 3,327 | 89.5% |
| West Midlands | 3,224 | 90.4% |
| North West | 3,222 | 89.5% |
| East Midlands | 1,912 | 89.5% |
| North East | 1,684 | 88.3% |
| Wales | 1,676 | 90.0% |
| London | 999 | 90.3% |
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 2017 Yeti
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 2017 Yeti
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 2.2% 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 coil springs 2.0% 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 lights 0.9% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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.
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 2017 Yeti through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£112 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£112
- Cheapest common item: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 36,101 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 Yeti, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2009 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.1% to 89.2% — a spread of 14.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 75.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 75.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2011 77.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 78.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2013 81.7% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2014 83.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 84.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 86.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 89.2%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 83.7% 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 2017 Skoda Yeti 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Honda Civic 89.2%
- Vauxhall Viva 89.2%
- BMW 330 89.2%
- Nissan Note 89.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 89.3%
- Toyota Verso 89.3%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Skoda Yeti 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 31,755 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 | 9,486 | 29.70% | 19.76% | +9.94 |
| Brakes | 8,185 | 25.70% | 20.89% | +4.81 |
| Suspension | 6,781 | 21.30% | 20.98% | +0.32 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2,102 | 6.60% | 12.21% | −5.61 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,661 | 5.20% | 4.18% | +1.02 |
| Visibility | 1,624 | 5.10% | 4.97% | +0.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 690 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 556 | 1.70% | 5.57% | −3.87 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 484 | 1.50% | 5.52% | −4.02 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 186 | 0.60% | 0.82% | −0.22 |
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 | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.90% | £30–80 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.77% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.66% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.64% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 0.51% | £80–250 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.49% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.49% | £30–75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 10.6% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7,468 | 92.5% | 21,882 mi |
| 30-60k | 18,901 | 89.6% | 44,310 mi |
| 60-90k | 7,665 | 86.5% | 71,534 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,645 | 84.3% | 101,140 mi |
| 120k+ | 419 | 82.1% | 141,293 mi |
Source: 36,101 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.
2017 Yeti MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Skoda Yeti?
89.2% of the 36,101 2017 Skoda Yeti tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 87.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Skoda Yeti?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.24%), coil spring fractured or broken (2.04%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.31%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Skoda Yeti MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.5% of the time, falling to 82.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Skoda Yeti in this dataset had covered 45,614 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2017 Skoda Yeti?
Petrol: 89.2% pass rate across 23,970 tests. Diesel: 89.2% pass rate across 12,131 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2017 Skoda Yeti MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.