2021 Vauxhall Combo: MOT pass rate and reliability

81.7% of 2021 Vauxhall Combos pass the MOT first time, measured across 895 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 43,119 miles.

How the 2021 compares

  • Against all Vauxhall Combos (66.8%, 91,056 tests): +14.9 points
  • Against all 2021 cars (90%): -8.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Vauxhall Combo model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2021 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Vauxhall Combo:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2002 55.4% 498 138,969
2003 53% 1,515 136,878
2004 54.4% 2,055 139,930
2005 55.6% 2,300 127,685
2006 54.5% 3,432 127,956
2007 56.1% 4,505 132,198
2008 56.1% 5,281 129,118
2009 55.8% 3,976 121,344
2010 62.5% 6,808 110,700
2011 65.7% 7,596 109,226
2012 58.4% 2,925 114,971
2013 62% 3,272 111,501
2014 64.4% 4,874 105,404
2015 65.4% 5,248 102,595
2016 67.2% 5,119 94,719
2017 69.1% 3,681 82,439
2018 75.8% 3,009 67,392
2019 80.9% 15,759 56,395
2020 78.7% 8,041 50,847
2021 81.7% 895 43,119

What this means if you are buying a 2021 Combo

The 2021 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 14.9 points more often than the Vauxhall Combo average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 5-year-old car fails on

A 2021 car is 5 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2021 Vauxhall Combo the average at test was 43,119 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.

2021 is the strongest year on record for this model at 81.7%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

All Vauxhall Combo MOT data · Every model