Does the Chevrolet Corvette fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Chevrolet Corvette records 9.29 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 15.15 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−5.86, 95% interval −7.38 to −4.35). It ranks 590 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Chevrolet Corvette is “Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value”, recorded 44 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value | 44 | 1.73 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 39 | 1.53 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,541 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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