Pass rate
83.7%
Around average — 4.2 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 135 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £45–£115
2018 Skoda Yeti MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 43,743 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
32.0% 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 →
0.5 pts up across model years — 2.3% in 2009, 2.8% in 2017.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 89.2% pass
- Avoid 2009 75.1% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 14.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.4%
- Typical mileage
- 44k mi
The 2018 Skoda Yeti MOT pass rate is 83.7% of its MOT tests — 4.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.0% 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: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 32.0% of everything recorded on the 2018 Skoda Yeti, against 19.8% nationally — 12.2 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 32.0%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. 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 87.9%; this one manages 83.7% — 4.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 11% 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 2018 Skoda Yeti compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 4.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.4%. The median 2018 Skoda Yeti in this dataset had covered 43,743 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 61% of tests, with a 81.9% pass rate.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 5.93% of tests.
- 135 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.7% overall pass rate, 81.4% 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
- 135
- Typical mileage (median)
- 43,743 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 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (61% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Yeti
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 37 | 78.4% |
| South East | 31 | 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 2018 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 2018 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 5.9% 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 brakes 3.7% 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.
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Check the coil springs 3.0% 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.
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 2018 Yeti through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £45–£115 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £45–£115
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- 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
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 135 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- DS DS3 83.7%
- Ford Allied 83.6%
- SsangYong Korando 83.6%
- MG Zs 83.9%
- Dacia Logan 83.9%
- Citroen C4 Cactus 83.4%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 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 149 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 | 48 | 32.00% | 20.89% | +11.11 |
| Tyres | 48 | 32.00% | 19.76% | +12.24 |
| Suspension | 15 | 10.00% | 20.98% | −10.98 |
| Visibility | 11 | 7.30% | 4.97% | +2.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7 | 4.70% | 12.21% | −7.51 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 4.70% | 5.52% | −0.82 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 4.00% | 4.18% | −0.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 3.30% | 5.57% | −2.27 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.70% | 2.57% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
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 | 5.9% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.7% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.7% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £25–65 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.0% | £80–250 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £3–15 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.5% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 15.6% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.4% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 7.4% | £30–75 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.2% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 23 | 87.0% | 20,946 mi |
| 30-60k | 76 | 82.9% | 43,068 mi |
| 60-90k | 24 | 83.3% | 72,964 mi |
| 90-120k | 7 | 85.7% | 106,380 mi |
| 120k+ | 5 | 80.0% | 129,061 mi |
Source: 135 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.
2018 Yeti MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Skoda Yeti?
83.7% of the 135 2018 Skoda Yeti tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 81.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Skoda Yeti?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.93%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (3.70%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.70%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Skoda Yeti MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.0% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Skoda Yeti in this dataset had covered 43,743 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Skoda Yeti?
Petrol: 81.9% pass rate across 83 tests. Diesel: 86.5% pass rate across 52 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.