Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 2.8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 5,375 individual Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 79.5% first-time pass rate means roughly 21 in every 100 Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S 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 Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S tested had covered 58,791 miles and was built around 2020.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S bought as a 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 Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S

1. Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing, loose or worn smooth, 0.4% of tests (8.29x the national rate for this defect)
2. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 5.3% of tests (3.85x the national rate for this defect)
3. Headlamp aim unable to be tested, 0.5% of tests (2.55x the national rate for this defect)
4. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 1.2% of tests (2.09x the national rate for this defect)
5. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 1.9% of tests (2.07x the national rate for this defect)
6. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 3.1% of tests (2.03x the national rate for this defect)
7. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.4% of tests (1.62x the national rate for this defect)
8. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 2.3% of tests (1.44x the national rate for this defect)
9. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.3% of tests
10. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 1.2% of tests

From 12,495 DVSA-tracked Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.68% of these flagged Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S year:

• 2019 Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S - 84% first-time pass, 3,478 tests
• 2020 Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S - 77.8% first-time pass, 2,245 tests
• 2021 Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Sportive S/S - 80.1% first-time pass, 1,647 tests

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%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Audi A1 - 79.5%
• SEAT Leon - 79.5%
• Volkswagen Sharan - 79.5%
• MG Gs - 79.5%
• Land Rover Unclassified - 79.5%
• MINI Countryman Cooper - 79.5%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

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• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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