Does the Daihatsu Fourtrak fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Daihatsu Fourtrak records 18.27 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 22.82 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−4.55, 95% interval −5.44 to −3.65). It ranks 558 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 Daihatsu Fourtrak is “Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake”, recorded 336 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 336 | 3.06 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 287 | 2.62 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 282 | 2.57 |
| Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 131 | 1.19 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 120 | 1.09 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,966 (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
If a Daihatsu Fourtrak gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
12.9% of Daihatsu Fourtrak MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.2 months and 2,142 miles later (1,602 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,602 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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