Talbot MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 5,835 MOT tests on Talbot cars from 2023, covering 1 model with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 5,835 MOT tests on Talbot cars in 2023, 53% passed first time, below the national average of 71% for all cars.
Talbot models
| Model | Tests | First-time pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Express | 5,835 | 53% |
What Talbot cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Lights and electrics31.6% (all cars 11.3%)
- Body and structure19.9% (all cars 3.5%)
- Brakes18.7% (all cars 6.8%)
- Suspension13.0% (all cars 9.0%)
- Visibility10.6% (all cars 4.8%)
- Exhaust and emissions5.8% (all cars 3.1%)
- Steering4.2% (all cars 1.8%)
- Seat belts and airbags3.5% (all cars 1.0%)
Most common Talbot failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt 7.8%
- Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength 7.0%
- Position lamp: not working 6.0%
- Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect 5.9%
- Headlamp: not working on dipped beam 5.5%
- Service brake imbalance: across an axle 4.6%
- Individual direction indicators: not working 4.4%
- Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps 4.1%
Check a particular Talbot
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.