Skoda KAROQ - 2019
120.0 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2019 is 108.6 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Skoda KAROQ, model year 2019.
Sample size: 15,055 cars, 29,742 tests and 35,688 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 15,055 cars
The 2019 SKODA KAROQ has a higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 120 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 106. The model shows a particularly concerning trend in the "Wheels, Suspensions & Axles" category, where it significantly outperforms the average, recording 166 defects per 100 vehicles. Conversely, it excels in areas such as steering, visibility, and lights & electrics, with defect rates much lower than the average. Notably, as mileage increases, defect rates for the KAROQ also rise, especially in the higher mileage categories.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 15,055 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 7.9% better
57.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 62.4 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake fluid: not visible
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 85.7% better
0.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.8 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▲ 47.8% better
7.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.8 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 66.4% better
5.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.9 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 47.2% worse
166.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 112.9 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 74.3% better
0.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.5 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A transmission: joint, belt or chain excessively worn
Equipment
▲ 16.7% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.8 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 76.5% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,962
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,257
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,217
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,161
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,931
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,725
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 803
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 801
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 534
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 498
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 498
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 401
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 390
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 387
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 378
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 367
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 111
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 82
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: likely to become detached
FAIL
Occurrences: 62
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 54