2020 Skoda Octavia Se First Edition Tsi: MOT pass rate and reliability
92.3% of 2020 Skoda Octavia Se First Edition Tsis pass the MOT first time, measured across 600 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 35,215 miles.
How the 2020 compares
- Against all Skoda Octavia Se First Edition Tsis (93%, 1,149 tests): -0.7 points
- Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): +2.9 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Skoda Octavia Se First Edition Tsi model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Skoda Octavia Se First Edition Tsi:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 92.3% | 600 | 35,215 |
| 2021 | 93.6% | 548 | 32,012 |
What this means if you are buying a 2020 Octavia Se First Edition Tsi
The 2020 sits close to the Skoda Octavia Se First Edition Tsi 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 6-year-old car fails on
A 2020 car is 6 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2020 Skoda Octavia Se First Edition Tsi the average at test was 35,215 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 93.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2020 at 92.3%. That 1.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2020 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
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