Car brands most likely to fail the NCT revealed

The car brands most likely to fail the NCT have been revealed.

The figures provided for 2021 by cartakeback.ie. show the top 5 reasons why a car fails the NCT as well as the car brands most likely to run into issues.

When looking at the major reasons for a car failing the NCT, front suspension came out on top with almost 7% of total failures last year.

In second place was beams with 6.02% of failures.

Brake lines/hoses were responsible for 5.03% of failures, while mechanical brake components and steering linkage were liable for 4.06% and 3.95% of NCT failures.

Here are the top five brands of cars that fail the NCT along with their failure rate:

1. Chevrolet (68%)
2. Citroen (58%)
3. Vauxhall (56%)
4. Alfa Romeo (55%)
5. Daihatsu (55%)

There are a lot of variables that go into a car failing the NCT including vehicle age, mileage and usage which all play a key role.

The car brands that recorded the most NCT passes are:

1. Porsche (62%)
2. Lexus (62%)
3. Dacia (61%)
4. Skoda (60%)
5. Hyundai (60%)

The top 5 failure hotspots in Ireland were also revealed.

Thankfully Dublin did not make the list but here are the places in Ireland that saw the highest failure rate:

1. Castlerea (62%)
2. Cavan (60%)
3. Clifden (57%)
4. Carlow (56%)
5. Derrybeg (55%)

This information was provided by cartakeback.ie which is an international scrap car recycling company that launched in 2005.