2001 Rover 45: MOT pass rate and reliability
61.8% of 2001 Rover 45s pass the MOT first time, measured across 306 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 83,933 miles.
How the 2001 compares
- Against all Rover 45s (62.6%, 2,005 tests): -0.8 points
- Against all 2001 cars (66.2%): -4.4 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Rover 45 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2001 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Rover 45:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 56.1% | 228 | 79,855 |
| 2001 | 61.8% | 306 | 83,933 |
| 2002 | 61.7% | 368 | 78,140 |
| 2003 | 65.1% | 413 | 77,129 |
| 2004 | 65.1% | 447 | 79,088 |
| 2005 | 61.4% | 223 | 77,640 |
What this means if you are buying a 2001 45
The 2001 sits close to the Rover 45 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 25-year-old car fails on
A 2001 car is 25 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 2001 Rover 45 the average at test was 83,933 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 2003 at 65.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2000 at 56.1%. That 9.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2001 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2000 Rover 45 - 56.1%
- 2002 Rover 45 - 61.7%
- 2003 Rover 45 - 65.1%
- 2004 Rover 45 - 65.1%