Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 14 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 815 individual Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 90.7% first-time pass rate means roughly 9 in every 100 Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbos presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo tested had covered 21,082 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo sits 14 points above the national average, ranked 596 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo

1. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 2.8% of tests (1.31x the national rate for this defect)
2. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 2.4% of tests (1.29x the national rate for this defect)
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 2.6% of tests
4. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.6% of tests
5. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 0.9% of tests
6. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.9% of tests
7. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 0.2% of tests
8. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.2% of tests
9. A tyre has a lump, bulge or tear caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. This includes any lifting of the tread rubber, 0.2% of tests (1.26x the national rate for this defect)
10. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.2% of tests

From 817 DVSA-tracked Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 8.1% of these flagged Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo before it actually fails on it.

1. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 4.9% of tests (1.54x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
2. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 3.1% of tests (1.53x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 21.7% of tests, also fails
4. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 12.9% of tests
5. A tyre seriously damaged, 10.2% of tests, also fails
6. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 6.4% of tests, also fails
7. A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting, 0.5% of tests
8. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.5% of tests, also fails
9. Number plate inscription missing or illegible, 0.4% of tests
10. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 0.1% of tests

From 817 DVSA-tracked Vauxhall Corsa Griffin Turbo tests, 2024.

Other Vauxhall models

• Vauxhall Corsa - 70%
• Vauxhall Astra - 71.9%
• Vauxhall Mokka - 75.6%
• Vauxhall Zafira - 68.7%
• Vauxhall Insignia - 73.5%
• Vauxhall Vivaro - 59.7%
• Vauxhall Meriva - 68.9%
• Vauxhall Combo - 66.3%

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• Ford Kuga St-Line X Ed Ecoblue A - 90.7%
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• Fiat Burstner - 90.7%
• Mitsubishi Asx Dynamic - 90.7%
• Volvo Xc60 R-Design D4 Auto - 90.7%
• Audi A1 S Line 25 Tfsi S-A - 90.7%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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