Chevrolet Captiva: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Chevrolet Captiva fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 18.4 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 6,037 individual Chevrolet Captiva tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 58.3% first-time pass rate means roughly 42 in every 100 Chevrolet Captivas 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 Captiva tested had covered 103,025 miles and was built around 2011.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Chevrolet Captiva 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 Captiva 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 Captivas actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Chevrolet Captiva

1. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3% of tests (6.12x the national rate for this defect)
2. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 4.4% of tests (5.75x the national rate for this defect)
3. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 4.7% of tests (5.26x the national rate for this defect)
4. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 4.2% of tests (4.26x the national rate for this defect)
5. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 13.7% of tests (3.7x the national rate for this defect)
6. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 3.3% of tests (3.53x the national rate for this defect)
7. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 3.8% of tests (3.41x the national rate for this defect)
8. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 3.1% of tests (3.17x the national rate for this defect)
9. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 4.5% of tests (2.77x the national rate for this defect)
10. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 4% of tests (2.59x the national rate for this defect)

From 9,393 DVSA-tracked Chevrolet Captiva tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.49% of these flagged Chevrolet Captiva defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Chevrolet Captiva 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 Captiva year:

• 2008 Chevrolet Captiva - 52.5% first-time pass, 550 tests
• 2009 Chevrolet Captiva - 57.1% first-time pass, 638 tests
• 2010 Chevrolet Captiva - 54.6% first-time pass, 1,518 tests
• 2011 Chevrolet Captiva - 57% first-time pass, 1,064 tests
• 2012 Chevrolet Captiva - 64.6% first-time pass, 898 tests
• 2013 Chevrolet Captiva - 64.9% first-time pass, 971 tests

Other Chevrolet models

• Chevrolet Spark - 64.7%
• Chevrolet Matiz - 57.7%
• Chevrolet Aveo - 56.6%
• 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

• Renault Grand Modus - 58.7%
• Renault G - 58.5%
• Fiat Scudo - 58.3%
• Talbot Express - 58.3%
• Chrysler Voyager - 58.2%
• Mazda Bongo - 58.1%

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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