Pass rate
86.8%
Above average — 3.9 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 53 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £16–£47
2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 1,015 mi
Only 53 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
32.4% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 86.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2020 86.8% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.4%
- Typical mileage
- 1k mi
The 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa MOT pass rate is 86.8% of its MOT tests — 3.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Taiwan Golden Bee Esa does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 32.4% of everything recorded on the 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa, against 12.2% nationally — 20.2 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 90.7%; this one manages 86.8% — 3.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 53 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 3.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.4%. The median 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa in this dataset had covered 1,015 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps", noted on 7.55% of tests.
- 53 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.8% overall pass rate, 85.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Taiwan Golden Bee Esa, the average is 86.8% — best year 2020 (86.8%), worst 2020 (86.8%).
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
- 53
- Typical mileage (median)
- 1,015 mi
- Make and model
- Taiwan Golden Bee Esa
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Esa MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Esa
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2020 Esa
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 Esa
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 7.5% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps”
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 5.7% of tests
“ball joint 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.
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Check the number plates 3.8% of tests
“registration plates missing”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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 Esa through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £16–£47 — and 53% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £16–£47
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp with a multiple light source up to…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: decelerometer (sp) efficiency below…
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 53%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 53 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 →
Compare the 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa 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 3 86.8%
- Renault Megane 86.8%
- Kia Sportage GT-Ln Crdi 87.0%
- Peugeot 5008 87.1%
- Ford S-Max 87.1%
- Mercedes-Benz V 87.1%
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 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 32.40% | 12.21% | +20.19 |
| Suspension | 9 | 24.30% | 20.98% | +3.32 |
| Brakes | 7 | 18.90% | 20.89% | −1.99 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 8.10% | 1.76% | +6.34 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 5.40% | 5.57% | −0.17 |
| Steering | 2 | 5.40% | 2.57% | +2.83 |
| Tyres | 1 | 2.70% | 19.76% | −17.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 2.70% | 5.52% | −2.82 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 7.5% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £18–45 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.8% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.8% | £5–20 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 3.8% | £20–80 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.8% | £3–12 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £8–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 5.7% | £20–55 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.8% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–120 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 1.9% | £200–700 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.9% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 52 | 86.5% | 1,599 mi |
Source: 53 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 Esa MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa?
86.8% of the 53 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 85.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (7.55%), ball joint excessively worn (5.66%), decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements (3.77%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.5% of the time, falling to 86.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Taiwan Golden Bee Esa in this dataset had covered 1,015 mi.