2015 Skoda Roomster 1.2L Petrol · NV15 KYS
2015 Skoda Roomster (1.2L, petrol). First registered 29 May 2015. Recorded mileage 30,472 miles. MOT expired on 07 Jul 2026. Taxed until 01 Jul 2026.
- Make & Model
- SKODA ROOMSTER
- Year / Origin
- 2015 · Stockton-on-Tees
- Safety Recall
- Unknown
- MOT Status
- Expired on 07 Jul 2026
- Road Tax
- Taxed (01 Jul 2026)
- Recorded Mileage
- 30,472 mi
- ULEZ Compliance
- ULEZ Compliant (Euro 4+)
- Fuel & Engine
- Petrol · 1.2L
- Reliability Guide
- Common Faults
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NV15 KYS Key Findings
- 4 MOT tests recorded
- Latest MOT passed on 25/06/2025
- 30,472 miles recorded at latest MOT
- No defects recorded at the latest MOT
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NV15 KYS MOT History
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4 MOT tests are recorded for this 2015 Skoda Roomster (NV15 KYS) between June 2022 and June 2025.
The record contains 4 passes and 0 failures.
No failures or advisories appear anywhere in the recorded tests, so the documented MOT record is relatively clean.
NV15 KYS Mileage History
- 10/06/202218,991 mi
- 21/06/202320,033 mi+1,042 mi
- 25/06/202423,978 mi+3,945 mi
- 25/06/202530,472 mi+6,494 mi
Average of roughly 3,774 miles per year across 4 recorded odometer readings.
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Known faults for Skoda Skoda Roomster
Our database tracks 3 specific mechanical faults and recurring failure patterns identified across UK MOT testing stations for this generation.
MOT Roadworthiness: Average
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Common Problems: SKODA ROOMSTER
Known issues reported by owners and MOT testers.
- 1.2 TSI timing chain tensioner wear(Serious)
The 86 and 105PS 1.2 TSI (EA111) that arrived with the 2010 facelift uses a small simplex chain driven by an hydraulic tensioner that wears and lets the chain stretch. Fault File puts typical onset at 60,000-80,000 miles on cars that ran the long service intervals, with a metallic rattle on cold start that fades after a few seconds; owner forums report the chain being noisy for months before skipping a tooth, which bends valves and destroys the engine. A chain, tensioner and guide job is a fair used-car invoice, but a jumped chain on a cheap Roomster is effectively a write-off.
- Front suspension clunks, worn bushes and spring failures(Moderate)
The Roomster shares the Fabia/Polo PQ34 front axle, and UK potholes and grit take it hard. Fault File's measured MOT record shows bushes and ball joints recorded on 18.5 per cent of tests at 10-15 years old against a 9.0 per cent class average, with owners tracing clonks to drop links, lower-arm bushes and top mounts from around 60,000 miles; Get Car Wise's MOT analysis adds premature front coil spring failure - fractures from the lower coils where corrosion starts - at rates many times the fleet average, documented from as low as 20,000 miles.
- Seizing brake calipers and binding flagged at MOT(Moderate)
Roomsters turn up at the test bench with brakes dragging: Fault File's MOT data records binding brakes on 3.4 per cent of 10-15-year-old tests against a 1.4 per cent class average, and Get Car Wise measures caliper-seizure failures at up to 10.4 times the fleet average across all engine variants, worsening with age and mileage. The usual story is a slide pin or piston corrosion on cars that do short school runs and never get the brakes hot enough to boil off moisture. A seized caliper cooks the disc, drags fuel economy and is an instant MOT fail.
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- 1.2 TSI timing chain tensioner wearSerious
The 86 and 105PS 1.2 TSI (EA111) that arrived with the 2010 facelift uses a small simplex chain driven by an hydraulic tensioner that wears and lets the chain stretch. Fault File puts typical onset at 60,000-80,000 miles on cars that ran the long service intervals, with a metallic rattle on cold start that fades after a few seconds; owner forums report the chain being noisy for months before skipping a tooth, which bends valves and destroys the engine. A chain, tensioner and guide job is a fair used-car invoice, but a jumped chain on a cheap Roomster is effectively a write-off.
- Front suspension clunks, worn bushes and spring failuresModerate
The Roomster shares the Fabia/Polo PQ34 front axle, and UK potholes and grit take it hard. Fault File's measured MOT record shows bushes and ball joints recorded on 18.5 per cent of tests at 10-15 years old against a 9.0 per cent class average, with owners tracing clonks to drop links, lower-arm bushes and top mounts from around 60,000 miles; Get Car Wise's MOT analysis adds premature front coil spring failure - fractures from the lower coils where corrosion starts - at rates many times the fleet average, documented from as low as 20,000 miles.
- Seizing brake calipers and binding flagged at MOTModerate
Roomsters turn up at the test bench with brakes dragging: Fault File's MOT data records binding brakes on 3.4 per cent of 10-15-year-old tests against a 1.4 per cent class average, and Get Car Wise measures caliper-seizure failures at up to 10.4 times the fleet average across all engine variants, worsening with age and mileage. The usual story is a slide pin or piston corrosion on cars that do short school runs and never get the brakes hot enough to boil off moisture. A seized caliper cooks the disc, drags fuel economy and is an instant MOT fail.
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