Chevrolet Aveo: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Chevrolet Aveo fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 20.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 8,823 individual Chevrolet Aveo tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 56.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 43 in every 100 Chevrolet Aveos presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Chevrolet Aveo tested had covered 71,059 miles and was built around 2010.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Chevrolet Aveo bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Chevrolet Aveo rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Chevrolet Aveos actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Chevrolet Aveo

1. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 6.2% of tests (6.57x the national rate for this defect)
2. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 4.1% of tests (5.32x the national rate for this defect)
3. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 3.6% of tests (4.79x the national rate for this defect)
4. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 17.6% of tests (4.78x the national rate for this defect)
5. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 3.6% of tests (4.38x the national rate for this defect)
6. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 6.9% of tests (4.21x the national rate for this defect)
7. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3.3% of tests (3.41x the national rate for this defect)
8. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 2.9% of tests (3.22x the national rate for this defect)
9. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 2.6% of tests (2.84x the national rate for this defect)
10. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 3.7% of tests (2.75x the national rate for this defect)

From 12,170 DVSA-tracked Chevrolet Aveo tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.8% of these flagged Chevrolet Aveo defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Chevrolet Aveo pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Chevrolet Aveo year:

• 2008 Chevrolet Aveo - 52.6% first-time pass, 726 tests
• 2009 Chevrolet Aveo - 54.6% first-time pass, 2,804 tests
• 2010 Chevrolet Aveo - 56.4% first-time pass, 1,293 tests
• 2011 Chevrolet Aveo - 55.7% first-time pass, 1,115 tests
• 2012 Chevrolet Aveo - 61.8% first-time pass, 1,423 tests
• 2013 Chevrolet Aveo - 60.7% first-time pass, 1,263 tests

Chevrolet Aveo by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Petrol Chevrolet Aveo - 57% first-time pass, 8,100 tests
• Diesel Chevrolet Aveo - 57.4% first-time pass, 641 tests

Other Chevrolet models

• Chevrolet Spark - 64.7%
• Chevrolet Matiz - 57.7%
• Chevrolet Captiva - 58.3%
• Chevrolet Cruze - 69%
• Chevrolet Orlando - 68.5%
• Chevrolet Kalos - 54.5%
• Chevrolet Lacetti - 56.2%
• Chevrolet Trax - 67.5%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Fiat Bravo - 57.4%
• Citroen Grand C4 Picasso - 57.2%
• Nissan Kubistar - 56.8%
• Chevrolet Lacetti - 56.2%
• Renault Espace - 56.2%
• Kia Cerato - 55.8%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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