Does the Daihatsu Terios fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Daihatsu Terios records 20.48 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 21.17 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.69, 95% interval −1.19 to −0.19). It ranks 368 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 Terios is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 1,611 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 1,611 | 4.96 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 941 | 2.90 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 898 | 2.77 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 568 | 1.75 |
| A brake hose ferrule excessively corroded | 325 | 1.00 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 32,464 (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 Terios gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
17.5% of Daihatsu Terios MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 4,032 miles later (6,014 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 6,014 (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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