Does the Skoda Felicia fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?

The Skoda Felicia records 8.14 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 7.81 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) (+0.33, 95% interval −0.23 to +0.88). It ranks 271 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on tyres?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Skoda Felicia is “Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements”, recorded 344 times in 2019–2024.

Skoda Felicia: most frequent tyres defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	344	3.41
A tyre seriously damaged	247	2.45
A tyre cords visible or damaged	93	0.92
Tyre obviously under inflated	31	0.31

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,100 (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 Skoda Felicia gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

8.9% of Skoda Felicia MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 1,679 miles later (1,414 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,414 (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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