Skoda OCTAVIA - 2015
160.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2015 is 174.5 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Skoda OCTAVIA, model year 2015.
Sample size: 19,316 cars, 40,649 tests and 65,365 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 19,316 cars
The 2015 Skoda Octavia has an overall defect rate of 161 per 100 vehicles, which is 6% lower than the average for its year. Notably, the Octavia shows significantly fewer issues in categories such as steering, where defects are just 2 per 100 compared to the average of 9, and body/structure defects, which stand at only 3 compared to 11 on average. While the defect rate increases with mileage, it remains consistently lower than the yearly average across all mileage segments. Overall, the Octavia performs well in several key areas, reflecting its reliability compared to other vehicles of the same age.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 19,316 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 0.8% worse
85.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 81.8% better
1.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 19.9% better
12.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
- 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
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 25.8% better
23.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
- Beam image obviously incorrect
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 0.1% worse
178.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 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 suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 76.9% better
2.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- 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
Equipment
▲ 20.0% better
3.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 7.6% worse
14.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- 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
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
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: 10,910
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,472
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,366
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,858
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,561
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,620
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,700
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,616
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,564
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,352
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,152
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 780
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 700
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 614
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 572
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 517
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 493
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 461
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 434
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 432