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Skoda Octavia SE Technology TDI — Reliability by Year

3,776 vehicles · MOT data 2017–2025 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Skoda Octavia SE Technology TDI was manufactured — click any year to explore that cohort in detail. Trying to decide which year to buy? See the full buying guide →

Best pass rate year
2019
94.8% pass rate · 130 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2020
92.0% pass rate · 218 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2025 First MOTs due 2028+ 55 mi 360
2024 First MOTs due 2027+ 14,804 mi 831
2023 First MOTs due 2026+ 38,299 mi 923
2022
92.8%
51,309 mi 465
2021
92.9%
57,595 mi 595
2020
92.0%
62,330 mi 218
2019
94.8%
68,120 mi 130
2018
93.3%
88,191 mi 149
2017
92.1%
82,975 mi 105

* UK vehicles require their first MOT at 3 years old. Recent model years shown in grey have little or no MOT test data yet — pass rate data will build up as those vehicles mature.

Which year Skoda Octavia SE Technology TDI is most reliable?

MOT pass rate by year of manufacture — averaged across each vehicle's lifetime of tests.

Tests range from an average of 51,309 miles (newest year) to 88,191 miles (oldest year). Older years naturally accumulate more tests at higher mileages — see the mileage-normalised breakdown →

Trying to decide which year to buy?

We've done the full analysis — which years to look for, which to avoid, and where to find the best value for reliability on a Skoda Octavia SE Technology TDI.

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