2012 Vauxhall Astra: MOT pass rate and reliability

72.3% of 2012 Vauxhall Astras pass the MOT first time, measured across 50,636 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 98,407 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Vauxhall Astras (72.4%, 636,697 tests): -0.1 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +1.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Vauxhall Astra 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 Astra:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1994 72.7% 216 96,783
1995 70.1% 338 96,154
1996 67.8% 283 92,773
1997 66.2% 527 88,505
1998 64.6% 531 96,204
1999 61.3% 1,031 102,314
2000 63.4% 1,679 101,291
2001 65% 3,176 100,899
2002 61.8% 5,659 105,377
2003 64.7% 7,379 105,409
2004 62.4% 8,175 103,850
2005 60.5% 14,970 107,782
2006 59.9% 22,465 109,409
2007 61.6% 36,405 111,033
2008 62.4% 36,976 109,294
2009 63.7% 36,652 102,277
2010 66.9% 49,379 100,710
2011 69.8% 44,296 101,936
2012 72.3% 50,636 98,407
2013 73.5% 57,655 91,822
2014 73.9% 52,110 83,173
2015 75.6% 47,340 74,931
2016 81.8% 56,168 67,455
2017 84.6% 46,294 60,887
2018 85.4% 30,445 51,929
2019 87.9% 21,002 41,873
2020 90.8% 2,446 27,252
2021 91.5% 1,713 28,093

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Astra

The 2012 sits close to the Vauxhall Astra 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 and into the range where cambelts and water pumps are due if they have not already been done, so ask for the service history rather than take the mileage on trust. On a 2012 Vauxhall Astra the average at test was 98,407 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 2021 at 91.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2006 at 59.9%. That 31.6 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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