Does the TVR Chimaera fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The TVR Chimaera records 0.44 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 4.17 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−3.73, 95% interval −4.06 to −3.40). It ranks 627 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a TVR Chimaera by registration

No single seat belts and airbags defect wording reaches 30 items on the TVR Chimaera; the failures are spread across several.