2012 Chevrolet Orlando: MOT pass rate and reliability
68.5% of 2012 Chevrolet Orlandos pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,690 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 91,505 miles.
How the 2012 compares
- Against all Chevrolet Orlandos (69.1%, 3,850 tests): -0.6 points
- Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): -2.3 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Chevrolet Orlando model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Chevrolet Orlando:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68.7% | 1,208 | 100,905 |
| 2012 | 68.5% | 1,690 | 91,505 |
| 2013 | 70.8% | 766 | 90,208 |
What this means if you are buying a 2012 Orlando
The 2012 sits close to the Chevrolet Orlando 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 14-year-old car fails on
A 2012 car is 14 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 2012 Chevrolet Orlando the average at test was 91,505 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 2013 at 70.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2012 at 68.5%. That 2.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2011 Chevrolet Orlando - 68.7%
- 2013 Chevrolet Orlando - 70.8%