Lotus Elise MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 87.1% of 5,179 MOT tests on the Lotus Elise ended in a pass, 10.6 points above the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Lotus Elise MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 15219 tests | 86.8% | 41,000 · 27k to 57k |
| 16234 tests | 87.6% | 39,000 · 25k to 57k |
| 17236 tests | 87.7% | 45,000 · 31k to 59k |
| 18232 tests | 90.5% | 47,000 · 31k to 65k |
| 19292 tests | 85.3% | 49,000 · 33k to 67k |
| 20375 tests | 87.5% | 49,000 · 33k to 67k |
| 21359 tests | 86.9% | 51,000 · 33k to 67k |
| 22290 tests | 86.2% | 51,000 · 33k to 69k |
| 23614 tests | 85.0% | 51,000 · 33k to 69k |
| 24701 tests | 81.9% | 55,000 · 37k to 77k |
| 25435 tests | 85.5% | 55,000 · 33k to 83k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Lotus Elise. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used Elise
The parts that come up most often in Lotus Elise MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
- Brake pipes and hosesLook underneath at the metal brake pipes for heavy rust, and at the rubber hoses for cracks or bulges.
- Wipers, washers and windscreenRun the wipers and washers, and look for chips or cracks in the windscreen, above all in front of the driver.
Check a specific Elise
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Other Lotus models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Lotus models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.