Skoda Octavia MOT Reliability & Buying Guide

75.8%

MOT pass rate

Hatchback / estate

Segment

Petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid

Fuel types available

Source: DS Auto Labs analysis of DVSA's anonymised 2025 MOT test results (Open Government Licence v3.0): 201,078 first-time tests of Skoda Octavia cars of all ages (test class 4, cars and light vans). A pass means a clean first-time pass; a car that failed and was repaired at the test station before passing counts as not passed, and aborted tests are excluded. Age is the car's age at the 2025 test.

What to know

In 2025, Skoda Octavia cars passed their MOT first time 75.8% of the time, across 201,078 tests. That is 0.5 points below Skoda's overall brand average of 76.3% and 3.4 points above the national average of 72.4%.

Age explains much of the difference between models. Pass rates fall steeply as cars get older, for every make, so a model with many old cars on the road looks worse than it is, and a recent model looks better. This compares the Skoda Octavia with the typical UK car of the same age.

MOT pass rate by vehicle age, 2025 first-time tests
Car age	Skoda Octavia	All UK cars	Tests
3-5 years	87.7%	87.2%	27,807
6-9 years	82.1%	79.3%	74,165
10-13 years	73.3%	67.9%	54,557
14+ years	59.8%	59.3%	43,299

Allowing for the age mix of the cars tested, a typical UK car would be expected to pass about 73.1% of the time. The Skoda Octavia passed at 75.8%, which is 2.7 points above that expected rate.

A model average says little about one particular car, so check its own MOT history for repeated advisories, past failures and mileage.

Check a specific Octavia's MOT history, tax status, and advisories by registration number.

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