2006 Daihatsu Terios: MOT pass rate and reliability

64.7% of 2006 Daihatsu Terios pass the MOT first time, measured across 665 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 93,907 miles.

How the 2006 compares

  • Against all Daihatsu Terios (65.2%, 4,027 tests): -0.5 points
  • Against all 2006 cars (64.1%): +0.6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Daihatsu Terios model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2006 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Daihatsu Terios:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2005 56% 332 83,099
2006 64.7% 665 93,907
2007 65.5% 1,103 94,016
2008 69.1% 800 93,189
2009 74.2% 555 87,734

What this means if you are buying a 2006 Terios

The 2006 sits close to the Daihatsu Terios average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 20-year-old car fails on

A 2006 car is 20 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2006 Daihatsu Terios the average at test was 93,907 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2009 at 74.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 56%. That 18.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2006 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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