Yateley MOT Centre LTD
19 Plough Road · GU46 7UW
Cars
MOT centres in Yateley for cars, vans and bikes
1 garages in Yateley hold a DVSA authorisation to carry out MOT tests. All of them are listed on this page, grouped by postcode district, with the vehicle classes each one tests. Locally, 28.5% of tests end in a fail against 28.2% across Britain; the commonest reason in the GU area is a sidelight not working.
1test stations
0test motorcycles
0test class 7 vans
28.5%fail rate, GU area
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Cars tested in the GU postcode area fail first time 28.5% of the time, against 28.2% nationally, which is in line with the rest of the country. A sidelight not working heads the local list, on 9.23% of failed tests, with a tyre worn or cut to the cords close behind. The figures come from 1,334,174 DVSA test records for the area.
28.5%fail rate in the GU area
28.2%England, Scotland and Wales
1,334,174local tests analysed
9.23%of fails: sidelight
Bars show how often each defect appears on failed tests in this area. The figure in italics is the difference from the national rate for that defect.
Most lighting failures are a single dead bulb. Testers see them every day, and every one of them could have been fixed in a car park. The pass rates for the whole country show the same pattern, and our list of advisories that become failures puts a number on how often a noted item fails the following year.
£54.85maximum fee, cars (class 4)
£29.65maximum fee, motorcycles
£58.60maximum fee, class 7 vans
Freeretest within 10 working days
DVSA sets a maximum test fee, and no station in Yateley can charge more than £54.85 for a car. Most charge less: chains and larger independents often advertise £30 to £40, and a few quote the full amount. The price is for the test only; any repair is separate and you are free to have it done elsewhere.
When to book in Yateley
Demand peaks in March and bottoms out in April, a swing of roughly 64%. The peaks follow the March and September plate changes three years earlier, when new cars reach their first test.
Retests
If the car fails and you leave it at the station for repair, the retest is free. If you take it away, a partial retest within ten working days at the same station is free for a list of minor items such as lamps, wipers, mirrors, seatbelts and tyres, and charged at a reduced fee for anything else. After ten days it is a full test again.
Driving to the test without an MOT
The law allows one journey without a certificate: to a booked MOT, or to repairs arising from one. Keep the booking confirmation with you, and remember that insurance is still required and a dangerous defect still makes the car illegal to drive.
Nearby towns
Searchers in Yateley also look at MOT centres in Camberley (16), MOT test stations in Bracknell (18) and MOT test stations in Aldershot (23).
Before you book
Two minutes with the MOT checker shows what the tester noted last year, which is the best checklist you will get before paying for a test. For the cars tested most often in Britain, see the Volkswagen Polo MOT pass rate, common Nissan Qashqai MOT failures and common Ford Transit MOT failures pages, each built from the national dataset.
Questions people ask
How many MOT centres are there in Yateley?
1 garages in Yateley are authorised by DVSA to carry out MOT tests, as of the September 2026 register. None of them tests motorcycles.
What is the price of an MOT in Yateley?
The maximum fee set by DVSA is £54.85 for a car and £29.65 for a motorcycle, and no Yateley station can charge more. Many charge £30 to £45 for a car. A retest within ten working days at the same station is free for a list of minor items and reduced for the rest.
When is the busiest time for MOTs in Yateley?
March is the busiest month for MOT tests in the GU postcode area, and April the quietest. Stations fill up two to three weeks ahead in the peak months, so book early if your certificate expires then.
What do cars in Yateley fail their MOT on most?
A sidelight not working is the most common defect on failed tests in the GU area, appearing on 9.23% of fails, followed by a tyre worn or cut to the cords (8.61%). The local first-time fail rate is 28.5%.
Is it legal to drive to the test with an expired MOT?
Yes, to a pre-booked test and to a garage for repairs found at a test, provided the car is roadworthy and insured. That is the only situation in which driving without an MOT is legal.
Find out what the tester noted last time
Every test since 2005, every advisory, every mileage reading. Free, with no sign-up.
Station details from the DVSA active MOT test stations register (September 2026). Local failure data from the DVSA anonymised test dataset, 2023 to 2025. We do not publish pass rates per station: the public data holds no station identifier. Methodology.