Skoda OCTAVIA - 2017
134.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Skoda OCTAVIA, model year 2017.
Sample size: 18,495 cars, 38,154 tests and 51,406 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: 18,495 cars
The 2017 SKODA Octavia has an overall defect rate of 135 per 100 vehicles, slightly higher than the yearly average of 134 per 100. While tyre wear is a common issue across all vehicles, the Octavia particularly excels in steering, visibility, lights and electrics, and body structure, showing significantly lower defect rates compared to the average. However, it falls short in the equipment category, where it registers a higher defect rate than average. Mileage trends indicate increasing defects with higher mileage, consistent with broader patterns seen in the average car. Overall, the Octavia stands out positively in several key areas, despite some challenges in equipment reliability.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 18,495 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 3.4% worse
75.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 85.7% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 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
▲ 31.7% better
9.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear 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
▲ 39.2% better
12.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- 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
- Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 10.4% worse
158.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 71.4% better
2.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
Equipment
▼ 18.5% worse
3.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 10.0% better
8.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 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
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,898
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,576
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,074
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,066
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,546
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,440
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,390
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,093
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,069
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,000
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,069
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 697
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 641
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 568
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 513
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 491
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 322
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 241
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 240
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 227