Vauxhall: MOT pass rate and reliability

Vauxhall vehicles pass the MOT first time 72.4% of the time, measured across 3,045,931 DVSA tests. That is 4.6 points worse than the 77% national average, ranking Vauxhall 41 of 51 major brands sold in the UK.

Every brand ranked

1. Ferrari - 95.9%
2. LEVC - 95.4%
3. Aston Martin - 93.2%
4. Bentley - 92.5%
5. Porsche - 88.7%
6. Lexus - 87.7%
7. Tesla - 84.8%
8. Maserati - 84.3%
9. MG - 83.9%
10. BMW - 82.5%
11. Jaguar - 81.9%
12. Abarth - 81.8%
13. Audi - 81.6%
14. MINI - 81.6%
15. Toyota - 81.3%
16. Land Rover - 80.6%
17. Skoda - 80.6%
18. Mercedes-Benz - 79.9%
19. Suzuki - 79.5%
20. Kia - 78.9%
21. Hyundai - 78.8%
22. SEAT - 78.7%
23. Subaru - 78.6%
24. Honda - 78.3%
25. Dacia - 78.3%
26. Volvo - 78.2%
27. Jeep - 78%
28. Smart (Mcc) - 77.7%
29. Smart - 77.2%
30. Volkswagen - 77.1%
31. Mazda - 77%
32. Mitsubishi - 76.9%
33. DS - 76.2%
34. London Taxis International - 75.5%
35. Ford - 74.8%
36. Isuzu - 73.7%
37. Nissan - 73.4%
38. Peugeot - 73.2%
39. Fiat - 73%
40. Ssangyong - 73%
41. Vauxhall - 72.4%
42. Alfa Romeo - 72.4%
43. Citroen - 70.8%
44. Iveco - 70.2%
45. Rover - 70.2%
46. Saab - 69.1%
47. Renault - 68.1%
48. Chrysler - 67.2%
49. Daihatsu - 67.1%
50. Chrysler-Jeep - 67%
51. Chevrolet - 62.8%

Vauxhall models

• Vauxhall Corsa - 70%, 830,510 tests
• Vauxhall Astra - 71.9%, 640,719 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka - 75.6%, 219,953 tests
• Vauxhall Zafira - 68.7%, 201,897 tests
• Vauxhall Insignia - 73.5%, 200,489 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro - 59.7%, 159,785 tests
• Vauxhall Meriva - 68.9%, 91,976 tests
• Vauxhall Combo - 66.3%, 91,718 tests
• Vauxhall Adam - 74.6%, 59,375 tests
• Vauxhall Viva - 86.2%, 38,501 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland - 86.3%, 36,305 tests
• Vauxhall Agila - 67.7%, 35,515 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland - 85.1%, 35,427 tests
• Vauxhall Vectra - 61.1%, 29,803 tests
• Vauxhall Antara - 63.6%, 20,746 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se - 88.7%, 15,823 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite Nav Premium Turbo - 87.1%, 8,681 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Sri Nav Turbo - 90.5%, 8,177 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Premium - 88.4%, 8,033 tests
• Vauxhall Astravan - 61.8%, 7,934 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Sri Premium Turbo - 87.1%, 7,376 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Dynamic S/S - 80.2%, 7,238 tests
• Vauxhall Tigra - 58.1%, 6,774 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Sri Turbo - 87.1%, 6,253 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S - 79.5%, 5,375 tests
• Vauxhall Movano - 66.4%, 5,322 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Elite Nav Turbo - 89.1%, 4,438 tests
• Vauxhall Combo 2300 Dynamic Td - 79.4%, 4,219 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin - 88%, 3,812 tests
• Vauxhall Corsavan - 61.2%, 3,725 tests
• Vauxhall Combo 2300 Sportive Td - 76.4%, 3,468 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland X Elite Nav Turbo A - 92%, 3,364 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite Nav Premium Trbo A - 88.5%, 3,109 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro 2700 Sportive S/S - 81.5%, 3,062 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite Edition - 92.3%, 2,887 tests
• Vauxhall Combo 2300 Sportive Td S/S - 75.1%, 2,868 tests
• Vauxhall Cascada - 79.3%, 2,839 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin Turbo - 91%, 2,778 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa E Elite Nav - 80.4%, 2,721 tests
• Vauxhall Astra Griffin Edition Turbo - 89.9%, 2,504 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Elite Nav Turbo A - 91.4%, 2,467 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite Nav Turbo - 87.9%, 2,397 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Griffin S/S - 87.6%, 2,384 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Sri Nav Turbo - 90%, 2,344 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Sri Vx-Line Nav Black - 84.1%, 2,337 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Sri Nav Turbo A - 91.8%, 2,291 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Sri Nav Premium Turbo - 92.5%, 2,253 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Elite Nav Turbo Auto - 91.8%, 2,217 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa E Elite Nav Premium - 87.4%, 2,214 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Nav - 89.3%, 2,147 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Premium Turbo - 88.9%, 2,145 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Se Turbo - 87.3%, 2,137 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite Nav Turbo Auto - 89.3%, 2,027 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Edition S/S - 81.9%, 2,002 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Energy S/S - 85.1%, 1,981 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Griffin Edition T - 89.7%, 1,972 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro 2700 Edition S/S - 79.6%, 1,967 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite - 90.7%, 1,963 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Sri Nav Premium Turbo - 86.5%, 1,834 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Griffin - 90.9%, 1,657 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Turbo - 87.2%, 1,630 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S - 83.8%, 1,620 tests
• Vauxhall Astra Business Edition Nav T D - 87.5%, 1,605 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Se - 89.3%, 1,462 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Elite Nav Premium Turbo - 92.3%, 1,449 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Premium Turbo Auto - 90.3%, 1,398 tests
• Vauxhall Combo Life Energy Turbo D S/S - 84.2%, 1,396 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Sri Nav Turbo - 89.1%, 1,396 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Business Ed Nav T - 91.1%, 1,357 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Se Premium Turbo - 90.7%, 1,333 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Elite Nav Turbo - 89.8%, 1,328 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa E Sri Nav Premium - 88.6%, 1,282 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland X Sri Nav - 89.6%, 1,266 tests
• Vauxhall Astra Sri Vx Line Nav Turbo - 89.2%, 1,256 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Ultimate Turbo Auto - 91.4%, 1,252 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Ultimate Nav Turbo Auto - 90.9%, 1,248 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Elite Nav Turbo - 93.3%, 1,245 tests
• Vauxhall Combo Life Se Turbo D S/S - 83.9%, 1,222 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Sri Turbo - 91%, 1,195 tests
• Vauxhall Ampera - 72.5%, 1,187 tests
• Vauxhall Signum - 61.8%, 1,169 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa E Se Nav - 83.2%, 1,158 tests
• Vauxhall Omega - 68%, 1,114 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro 2700 Dynamic S/S - 83.9%, 1,107 tests
• Vauxhall Cavalier - 77.2%, 1,103 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Sri Nav Turbo D - 89.7%, 1,099 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Se Turbo - 88%, 1,019 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland X Elite Turbo Auto - 90.2%, 1,009 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Edition - 88.6%, 948 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Sri Nav S/S - 88.3%, 886 tests
• Vauxhall Nova - 83.5%, 877 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland X Business Ed Nav T - 90.5%, 875 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Sri Nav Premium Ev - 91.5%, 871 tests
• Vauxhall Vx220 - 85.3%, 839 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo - 90.7%, 815 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Businss Ed Nav T D - 88.7%, 797 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Auto - 88.7%, 796 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite Turbo - 90.9%, 794 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Elite Nav - 84.4%, 775 tests
• Vauxhall Combo 2300 Edition Td S/S - 70.1%, 765 tests
• Vauxhall Vivaro F2900 Dynamic S/S - 83.8%, 764 tests
• Vauxhall Frontera - 67.3%, 739 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Elite Nav Turbo D - 87.4%, 733 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Griffin Turbo - 91.5%, 726 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Elite Turbo Auto - 90.4%, 695 tests
• Vauxhall Astra Business Edition Nav T - 92.4%, 673 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite Turbo Auto - 91.8%, 673 tests
• Vauxhall Combo 2000 Sportive Td - 81.3%, 670 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Elite Turbo - 90.2%, 666 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland X Sri Nav Turbo - 89.7%, 660 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Nav Premium - 87.5%, 657 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Sri Premium Turbo - 93.4%, 651 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa E Se Nav Premium - 87.5%, 639 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Se Turbo D - 89%, 638 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Turbo Auto - 89.2%, 601 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Griffin Turbo - 91%, 598 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Edition - 93.9%, 578 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland X Sport - 82.1%, 569 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Ultimate Edition Ev - 92.2%, 566 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Sri Nav Premium Turbo A - 92.5%, 547 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Elite Nav Premium T A - 93.4%, 546 tests
• Vauxhall Combo 2000 Griffin Ed Turbo D - 78.6%, 546 tests
• Vauxhall Crossland Ultimate Nav Turbo - 91.1%, 538 tests
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Nav Premium Turbo A - 88.4%, 534 tests
• Vauxhall Combo Life Energy S/S Auto - 91.6%, 523 tests
• Vauxhall Combo 2300 Edition Td - 75.6%, 512 tests
• Vauxhall Mokka Ultimate Nav Turbo Auto - 91.4%, 509 tests
• Vauxhall Grandland X Griffin Ed T A - 92.1%, 509 tests
• Vauxhall Combo Life Elite S/S Auto - 85.7%, 502 tests

Most common MOT failures across every Vauxhall

Pooled across all Vauxhall models, not just one: what actually fails on a Vauxhall more than the UK average.

1. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 1.4% of tests (2.62x the national rate for this defect)
2. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 3.9% of tests (2.35x the national rate for this defect)
3. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 1.7% of tests (1.85x the national rate for this defect)
4. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 1.4% of tests (1.83x the national rate for this defect)
5. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 1.3% of tests (1.51x the national rate for this defect)
6. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 1.8% of tests (1.47x the national rate for this defect)
7. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 1.4% of tests (1.47x the national rate for this defect)
8. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 2.2% of tests (1.4x the national rate for this defect)
9. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 1.9% of tests (1.37x the national rate for this defect)
10. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 2.2% of tests (1.23x the national rate for this defect)

From 4,459,683 DVSA-tracked Vauxhall tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.96% of these flagged defects as "dangerous", against 4.97% nationally.

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