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All Road Avant: middle-of-the-pack on first-time pass
Across 552 MOT tests, the All Road Avant returns 76.5% first-time pass — roughly in line with the UK fleet average. The single most-logged Major fail is windscreen damage. Worn suspension bushes and a split CV-joint boot round out the top three. Average tested mileage sits at 148,083, which is the lens to read those failure rankings through. If you own one and the next test is close, the ranked list below is a sensible pre-test checklist.
Top ten reasons for rejection.
- 01
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view
36 occurrences · 6.5% of tests
- 02
A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
24 occurrences · 4.3% of tests
- 03
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated
24 occurrences · 4.3% of tests
- 04
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources
21 occurrences · 3.8% of tests
- 05
Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defective
17 occurrences · 3.1% of tests
- 06
A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
16 occurrences · 2.9% of tests
- 07
A tyre cords visible or damaged
15 occurrences · 2.7% of tests
- 08
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
13 occurrences · 2.4% of tests
- 09
A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
12 occurrences · 2.2% of tests
- 10
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
10 occurrences · 1.8% of tests
Counts cover Major and Dangerous defects logged at test. Advisory items excluded so this shows why a car was rejected, not just what the tester flagged in passing.
Worst-case fix budget · top 3 failures
£98–£355
If every one of this All Road Avant's most-logged Major fails hit at the same MOT, that's the real-world UK garage range. Reality is usually one or two items, not all of them. Open the estimator →
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Tools that pre-empt a retest.
Picked against this car's top failure patterns. Affiliate links to Amazon UK — we earn a small cut at no cost to you. Disclosed up-front, doesn't shape the data.
Item 01 · Amazon UK
H7 / W21W bulb pack
A spare-bulb kit lives in the boot. Test morning is not the time to find your stop-lamp's gone.
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Headlight restoration kit
Yellowed lenses fail the light-output test. A restoration kit lifts the haze in an afternoon for £20.
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Buying or keeping a All Road Avant?
Use the failure ranking as a pre-test checklist or a haggling lever. Treat the headline pass rate as a fleet-wide trend, not a guarantee on any individual car.
If you own a All Road Avant and your last MOT looked nothing like the ranked failures above, that's normal — individual cars vary widely. The ranking shows the patterns testers flag most often across the country.