Pass rate
90.2%
Above average — 17.8 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 61 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £51–£196
2005 Westfield Sport MOT pass rate
- 2005
- 3 trims combined
- typical 12,476 mi
Only 61 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
Emissions & leaks
36.7% of faults · 5.5% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2005 90.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2011 87.3% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 2.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.8%
- Typical mileage
- 12k mi
The 2005 Westfield Sport MOT pass rate is 90.2% of its MOT tests — 17.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Emissions & leaks is the biggest single reason it fails, at 36.7% of what testers record.
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MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Westfield Sport does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 6.6× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 36.7% of everything recorded on the 2005 Westfield Sport, against 5.5% nationally — 31.2 points above. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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 72.4% and this one manages 90.2% — 17.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% 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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Every Westfield Sport first registered in 2005 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2005 Westfield Sport compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 17.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.8%. The median 2005 Westfield Sport in this dataset had covered 12,476 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits", noted on 4.92% of tests.
- 61 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.2% overall pass rate, 89.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Westfield Sport, the average is 88.7% — best year 2005 (90.2%), worst 2011 (87.3%).
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
- 61
- Typical mileage (median)
- 12,476 mi
- Make and model
- Westfield Sport
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Emissions Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Sport MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 81% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2005 Sport
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 2005 Sport
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 exhaust and emissions 4.9% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the battery 1.6% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure and likely to fall from carrier”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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Check the brake pipes 1.6% of tests
“flexible brake hoses excessively twisted”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 2005 Sport through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £51–£196 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £51–£196
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 61 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 Sport, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2004 to 2011. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.3% to 90.2% — a spread of 2.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2004 87.7% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2005 90.2%catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2008 89.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2011 87.3% catalyst emissions carbon…
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 2005 Westfield Sport 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Bentley Continental 90.2%
- Aston Martin DB9 91.3%
- Porsche 911 88.6%
- BMW M3 88.1%
- Honda S2000 87.1%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.1%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Westfield Sport 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 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 36.70% | 5.52% | +31.18 |
| Suspension | 5 | 16.70% | 20.98% | −4.28 |
| Brakes | 4 | 13.30% | 20.89% | −7.59 |
| Tyres | 4 | 13.30% | 19.76% | −6.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 6.70% | 12.21% | −5.51 |
| Visibility | 2 | 6.70% | 4.97% | +1.73 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 3.30% | 5.57% | −2.27 |
| Steering | 1 | 3.30% | 2.57% | +0.73 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.9% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.3% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.3% | £60–250 |
| Battery(ies) insecure and likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £60–140 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £60–250 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively twisted Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £25–70 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.6% | £80–250 |
| Non catalyst emissions emissions hydrocarbon content excessive Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £60–250 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £3–12 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.6% | £5–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 6.6% | £20–55 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 3.3% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.6% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 56 | 89.3% | 13,544 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 35,010 mi |
Source: 61 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.
2005 Sport MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Westfield Sport?
90.2% of the 61 2005 Westfield Sport tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 89.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Westfield Sport?
The three most recorded items are catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (4.92%), catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (3.28%), catalyst emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (3.28%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Westfield Sport MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Westfield Sport in this dataset had covered 12,476 mi.