2010 Chevrolet Spark: MOT pass rate and reliability

65.6% of 2010 Chevrolet Sparks pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,048 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 71,131 miles.

How the 2010 compares

  • Against all Chevrolet Sparks (65.1%, 14,736 tests): +0.5 points
  • Against all 2010 cars (67%): -1.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Chevrolet Spark model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2010 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Chevrolet Spark:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2010 65.6% 3,048 71,131
2011 65.3% 3,549 70,745
2012 64.4% 3,552 68,723
2013 64.7% 3,825 66,391
2014 67.4% 752 54,391

What this means if you are buying a 2010 Spark

The 2010 sits close to the Chevrolet Spark 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 16-year-old car fails on

A 2010 car is 16 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 a shade above the middle of the range, still ordinary wear rather than a red flag, but worth checking against the service book for the car's age. On a 2010 Chevrolet Spark the average at test was 71,131 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 67.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2012 at 64.4%. That 3.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2010 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Chevrolet Spark MOT data · Every model