2016 Vauxhall Viva: MOT pass rate and reliability

84.6% of 2016 Vauxhall Vivas pass the MOT first time, measured across 13,862 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 42,878 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Vauxhall Vivas (86.5%, 38,374 tests): -1.9 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +3.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Vauxhall Viva model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Vauxhall Viva:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2015 81.7% 5,141 45,682
2016 84.6% 13,862 42,878
2017 88.2% 9,729 37,086
2018 89.9% 5,480 30,297
2019 90.6% 4,094 25,297

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Viva

The 2016 sits close to the Vauxhall Viva 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 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 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 2016 Vauxhall Viva the average at test was 42,878 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 2019 at 90.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2015 at 81.7%. That 8.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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