CHEVROLET ORLANDO2014 · 2.0L DIESEL

The most recent MOT on 19 January 2026 resulted in a pass at 125 195 miles, with the only noted work being an adjustment of the internal headlight adjuster to re‑check the lights. The previous test on 14 January 2026 had failed at 125 037 miles due to the same headlight adjuster issue, a nearside windscreen wiper that did not clear the screen effectively, and a non‑working windscreen washer. Looking back, the vehicle has shown a repeated pattern of lighting and visibility defects. In January 2025 the front tyres were recorded as worn close to the legal limit with bald inside edges, while the January 2024 tests highlighted an inoperative offside registration plate lamp (both a pass and a fail on the same day) and a rear‑fog‑lamp failure. These items recur across multiple test dates, indicating a persistent concern with the vehicle’s electrical lighting system and, to a lesser extent, tyre wear. The trend over the last year appears to be improving in the sense that the most recent test passed after the headlight adjuster was corrected. However, because the wiper and washer faults that caused the January 2026 failure were not mentioned in the subsequent pass, their current condition cannot be confirmed from the records. The earlier tyre wear advisory and the recurring lamp faults suggest that the underlying issues have not been fully resolved, so the overall condition trend is best described as stable with a risk of re‑occurrence rather than clearly improving. Mileage‑wise, the Orlando has covered about 125 000 miles in roughly 12 years, which averages to approximately 10 400 miles per year. This is typical for a vehicle of its age and does not strongly indicate either unusually light use (which could hide hidden deterioration) or excessively high use that would accelerate wear beyond normal expectations.