Petrol Vauxhall Antara: MOT pass rate

61.2% of petrol Vauxhall Antaras pass the MOT first time, measured across 327 DVSA tests on that fuel type alone. Average mileage at test was 80,929.

Petrol against the other Vauxhall Antara versions

Fuel Pass rate Tests
Diesel 64.2% 20,253
Petrol 61.2% 327
All Vauxhall Antara64.1%20,580

Why the fuel type changes the number

Petrol cars avoid the DPF and emissions failures that catch diesels, and usually fail on the same consumables as any other car.

On the Vauxhall Antara specifically, diesel is the strongest at 64.2%, and this petrol version sits 2.9 points below the 64.1% model average.

What it means if you are buying one

The petrol Vauxhall Antara fails more often than the model average, so budget for the items that catch this fuel type and treat a fresh MOT as worth paying for. Check the exact car, decode the VIN and check the mileage before you bid.

Mileage is part of the answer

The average petrol Vauxhall Antara had covered 80,929 miles at test, against 86,925 for the diesel. That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures.

Fuel type and mileage are tangled together: diesels are usually bought by higher-mileage drivers, so some of any gap between fuels is the miles rather than the engine. The per-year figures on the Vauxhall Antara page separate age from fuel if you want to isolate one.

Other Vauxhall Antara fuel types

All Vauxhall Antara MOT data · Every model