Great Wall Steed 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

44.1% of 1,427 MOT tests of the Great Wall Steed first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 97.7 (95% CI 90.1–105.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age. This is a rough estimate from a smaller sample.

Great Wall Steed built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	44.1	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	1427
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 90.1–105.3)	97.7	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	1427
Rank among this model's 5 build years	4	of 5	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	1427
Tested in 2024	228	tests	median 84,834 miles	2024	228

Built 2012 against Great Wall Steed normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 44.5% vs 45.5%; age 8: 41.7% vs 48.1%; age 9: 43.7% vs 42.6%; age 10: 46.5% vs 44%; age 11: 45% vs n/a%; age 12: 41.7% vs n/a%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Great Wall Steed by registration · All Great Wall Steed MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 Great Wall Steed fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Great Wall Steed built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
7	400 (rough estimate)	44.5	39.7–49.4	45.5	97.7
8	355 (rough estimate)	41.7	36.7–46.9	48.1	86.6
9	343 (rough estimate)	43.7	38.6–49	42.6	102.7
10	329 (rough estimate)	46.5	41.2–51.9	44	105.7
11	280 (rough estimate)	45	39.3–50.9	not available	not available
12	228 (rough estimate)	41.7	35.5–48.2	not available	not available

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,935 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 Great Wall Steed?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 57.7 items per 100 first tests, against 42.1 across all build years of the Great Wall Steed. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Great Wall Steed built 2012 against the Great Wall Steed in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	57.7	42.1	1,117
Brakes	52.1	39.5	1,009
Suspension	31.1	25.5	601
Body, chassis, structure	19.3	14.7	374
Visibility	18.9	14.8	365

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,935 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 5 published build years of the Great Wall Steed, 2012 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2013: index 98.2.

Great Wall Steed build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2012	97.7	90.1–105.3	no different (rough estimate)	1,427
2013	98.2	92.4–103.9	no different (rough estimate)	2,565
2014	90.5	81.1–99.9	better (rough estimate)	911
2015	83.3	75.1–91.5	better (rough estimate)	1,126
2016	90.0	77.2–102.8	no different (rough estimate)	502

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 6,531 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Great Wall Steed 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/great-wall-steed/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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