2005 Iveco Daily: MOT pass rate and reliability

60.8% of 2005 Iveco Dailies pass the MOT first time, measured across 915 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 149,125 miles.

How the 2005 compares

  • Against all Iveco Dailies (71%, 29,556 tests): -10.2 points
  • Against all 2005 cars (64.2%): -3.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Iveco Daily model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2005 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Iveco Daily:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2001 64.4% 303 139,125
2002 62.3% 316 134,636
2003 60.6% 432 137,680
2004 60.6% 644 147,724
2005 60.8% 915 149,125
2006 65.8% 976 148,812
2007 62.2% 902 145,266
2008 60.6% 958 144,610
2009 63.9% 626 143,062
2010 63.9% 548 149,256
2011 64.8% 724 167,342
2012 64.3% 824 152,599
2013 66.1% 1,376 152,507
2014 65.6% 1,806 144,554
2015 69% 2,946 142,319
2016 71% 3,212 136,142
2017 73.7% 2,439 122,557
2018 77.9% 2,299 102,808
2019 75.9% 2,488 83,520
2020 80.7% 2,137 66,091
2021 86.9% 2,281 54,598

What this means if you are buying a 2005 Daily

The 2005 is a weaker year for this model, passing 10.2 points less often than the Iveco Daily average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2005 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 21-year-old car fails on

A 2005 car is 21 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 very high mileage. Clutches, dual-mass flywheels and head gaskets have usually been through at least one repair by this point, so ask for evidence rather than assume the car is original everywhere. On a 2005 Iveco Daily the average at test was 149,125 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 2021 at 86.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2003 at 60.6%. That 26.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2005 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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