Great Wall Steed: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Great Wall Steed fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 12.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 650 individual Great Wall Steed tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 64.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 35 in every 100 Great Wall Steeds presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Great Wall Steed tested had covered 70,994 miles and was built around 2015.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Great Wall Steed bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Great Wall Steed rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Great Wall Steeds actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Great Wall Steed

1. A transmission shaft bearing excessively worn, 1.7% of tests (79.37x the national rate for this defect)
2. Leaking brake pipe or connection on a hydraulic system, 1.6% of tests (20.02x the national rate for this defect)
3. A wheel bearing with excessive play, 1.7% of tests (12.32x the national rate for this defect)
4. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 9% of tests (10.96x the national rate for this defect)
5. An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.6% of tests (4.61x the national rate for this defect)
6. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 15.3% of tests (4.14x the national rate for this defect)
7. Parking brake inoperative on one side, 1.8% of tests (3.91x the national rate for this defect)
8. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 5.7% of tests (3.26x the national rate for this defect)
9. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 2.5% of tests (2.73x the national rate for this defect)
10. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 3.3% of tests (2.68x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,028 DVSA-tracked Great Wall Steed tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.92% of these flagged Great Wall Steed defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Models with a similar pass rate

• Chevrolet Spark - 64.7%
• Daihatsu Charade - 64.7%
• Honda Stream - 64.6%
• Citroen Nemo - 64.4%
• Volvo C70 - 64.4%
• Peugeot Bipper - 64.3%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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