Does the Great Wall Steed fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Great Wall Steed records 39.46 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 7.68 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+31.78, 95% interval +30.48 to +33.08). It ranks 4 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 Great Wall Steed is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 1,209 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 1,209 | 13.48 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 386 | 4.30 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 287 | 3.20 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 235 | 2.62 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 155 | 1.73 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 8,968 (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 Great Wall Steed gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
22.1% of Great Wall Steed MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 5,683 miles later (2,442 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,442 (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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