Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 7.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,620 individual Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 83.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 16 in every 100 Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 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 3100 Sportive S/S tested had covered 59,075 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 3100 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 3100 Sportive S/S

1. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 4.5% of tests (3.28x the national rate for this defect)
2. Headlamp aim unable to be tested, 0.4% of tests (2.11x the national rate for this defect)
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 3.1% of tests (2.02x the national rate for this defect)
4. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 1.5% of tests (1.64x the national rate for this defect)
5. A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, 0.9% of tests (1.43x the national rate for this defect)
6. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 1.2% of tests (1.24x the national rate for this defect)
7. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.4% of tests
8. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.1% of tests
9. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.9% of tests
10. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.9% of tests

From 7,891 DVSA-tracked Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.8% of these flagged Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 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 3100 Sportive S/S year:

• 2019 Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S - 82.9% first-time pass, 1,035 tests
• 2020 Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S - 82.4% first-time pass, 1,933 tests
• 2021 Vauxhall Vivaro 3100 Sportive S/S - 84.9% first-time pass, 1,937 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

• Vauxhall Combo Life Se Turbo D S/S - 83.9%
• Vauxhall Vivaro 2700 Dynamic S/S - 83.9%
• Peugeot 5008 GT Line Premium P-Tech Ss - 83.9%
• MINI Unclassified - 83.8%
• Vauxhall Vivaro F2900 Dynamic S/S - 83.8%
• Isuzu D-Max Utility - 83.8%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

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