2017 Skoda Yeti: MOT pass rate and reliability

88.6% of 2017 Skoda Yetis pass the MOT first time, measured across 11,242 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 48,895 miles.

How the 2017 compares

  • Against all Skoda Yetis (80.6%, 75,754 tests): +8 points
  • Against all 2017 cars (83.5%): +5.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Skoda Yeti model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2017 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Skoda Yeti:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2009 68.9% 546 114,573
2010 68.6% 3,714 106,543
2011 72% 5,197 100,511
2012 73.4% 6,651 97,324
2013 77.6% 10,287 87,037
2014 80.6% 12,256 75,987
2015 82.7% 12,631 67,698
2016 85% 13,185 57,447
2017 88.6% 11,242 48,895

What this means if you are buying a 2017 Yeti

The 2017 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 8 points more often than the Skoda Yeti average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 9-year-old car fails on

A 2017 car is 9 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 2017 Skoda Yeti the average at test was 48,895 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.

2017 is the strongest year on record for this model at 88.6%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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