2012 Vauxhall Antara: MOT pass rate and reliability

62% of 2012 Vauxhall Antaras pass the MOT first time, measured across 5,801 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 89,851 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Vauxhall Antaras (64.1%, 20,580 tests): -2.1 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): -8.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Vauxhall Antara 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 Vauxhall Antara:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2007 61.1% 334 109,538
2008 56.9% 499 109,347
2009 59.1% 645 103,219
2010 57.9% 252 101,740
2011 60% 839 98,142
2012 62% 5,801 89,851
2013 65% 6,703 86,415
2014 67.6% 2,618 80,572
2015 67.1% 2,073 73,848
2016 69% 806 67,934

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Antara

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.1 points less often than the Vauxhall Antara average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 Vauxhall Antara the average at test was 89,851 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 2016 at 69%, and the weakest in our data is 2008 at 56.9%. That 12.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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