2013 Chevrolet Cruze: MOT pass rate and reliability

69.8% of 2013 Chevrolet Cruzes pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,251 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 84,137 miles.

How the 2013 compares

  • Against all Chevrolet Cruzes (69.5%, 5,076 tests): +0.3 points
  • Against all 2013 cars (72.9%): -3.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Chevrolet Cruze model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2013 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Chevrolet Cruze:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2009 67.1% 234 94,216
2010 66.6% 608 89,869
2011 70.9% 986 82,850
2012 68.6% 1,496 84,250
2013 69.8% 1,251 84,137
2014 73.5% 479 83,417

What this means if you are buying a 2013 Cruze

The 2013 sits close to the Chevrolet Cruze average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 13-year-old car fails on

A 2013 car is 13 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze the average at test was 84,137 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2014 at 73.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2010 at 66.6%. That 6.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2013 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Chevrolet Cruze MOT data · Every model