Reliability report
Rover 45 reliability and common faults
Based on 2,578 roadworthiness tests, led by the UK MOT. Each country is compared only with its own average for cars of the same age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · MOT
34.6%
fail rate · average 31.4%
much worse than average
1,157 MOT tests (DVSA)
🇱🇹 Lithuania · inspection
36.0%
first-time pass · average 41.7%
much worse than average
1,421 inspections
Testing regimes differ from country to country – don’t compare the figures between countries; compare each one only with its own average. MOT data: contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Weak spots
What goes wrong on the Rover 45
How often each area fails compared with the average car of the same age (vertical line = average, 100%). Red – more often than average.
Body and structure
Seat belts and airbags
Tyres
Plates and identification
Suspension
Brakes
Exhaust and emissions
Visibility
Lights and electrics
Steering
Results by vehicle age
| Age | 🇬🇧 MOT fail rate | 🇳🇱 APK defects |
|---|---|---|
| 21+ years | 34.6% avg 31.4% | — |
🇱🇹 First-time pass rate in Lithuania – by year of manufacture
| Year | 45 | Average for year | Inspections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 36.5% | 46.6% | 74 |
| 2004 | 43.0% | 44.5% | 165 |
| 2003 | 39.0% | 42.9% | 141 |
| 2002 | 40.7% | 42.0% | 236 |
| 2001 | 34.9% | 40.9% | 324 |
| 2000 | 31.3% | 39.6% | 454 |
Rover 45 – FAQs
How reliable is the Rover 45?+
In the UK the Rover 45 fails 34.6% of MOT tests, against an average of 31.4% for cars of the same age – much worse than average. In Lithuania 36.0% pass their roadworthiness test first time (average for those years there 41.7%) – much worse than average.
What goes wrong most often on the Rover 45?+
Compared with the average car of the same age, testers find faults more often in these areas: body and structure, seat belts and airbags, tyres, plates and identification.
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Sources: anonymised MOT test results (DVSA) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; APK inspection defects (RDW, open data); Lithuanian roadworthiness test results (data.gov.lt). Initial tests only; retests are not counted. Photo: Charlie from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (licence).