Rover 825
Registered from 1996 to 1999.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1999 2.5 petrol. 13 of 60 tests failed, 22%.
Better than 76% of 1999 cars. The typical one fails 26%, across 348 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 85% | 11 |
| Lights and electrics | 38% | 5 |
| Body and structure | 31% | 4 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 15% | 2 |
| Suspension | 15% | 2 |
| Tyres and wheels | 15% | 2 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Warning device shows system malfunction
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 99% of 1999 cars — 85% of its 13 failed tests, where an ordinary 1999 car has 37%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 85% of its failures
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Exhaust and emissions — 15% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Suspension — 15% of its failures
- Tyres and wheels — 15% of its failures
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- Lights and electrics — 38% of its failures
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Body and structure — 31% of its failures