MOT fail rates

Vauxhall Agila MOT fail rate by age

How often the Vauxhall Agila fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 144,956 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 13 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 13 (n=18,365)40.1%

All cars at 13 years (n=6,612,160)38.3%

Median mileage at test58,365

All cars, median mileage92,305

181 of 293 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 13 years.

What stands out

At 8 years the Vauxhall Agila fails 20.6% of MOTs (3,784 tests), 3.1 points below the 23.8% for all cars that age. At 23 years it fails 42.3% (1,535 tests), 2.6 points above the 39.6% average.
The gap is widest at 9 years: 3.6 points below all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 13 years: Coil spring broken, at 8.6 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Vauxhall Agila: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
8 years	20.6%	3,784	23.8%	−3.1 pts	34,999 miles
9 years	23.5%	7,329	27.1%	−3.6 pts	39,351 miles
10 years	28.4%	11,387	30.3%	−1.9 pts	44,183 miles
11 years	31.3%	15,492	33.3%	−1.9 pts	48,847 miles
12 years	35.8%	16,023	36.0%	−0.2 pts	53,452 miles
13 years	40.1%	18,365	38.3%	+1.8 pts	58,365 miles
14 years	41.8%	17,263	40.3%	+1.5 pts	61,802 miles
15 years	43.4%	13,764	41.6%	+1.8 pts	64,411 miles
16 years	43.9%	10,826	42.6%	+1.4 pts	66,826 miles
17 years	42.7%	6,728	43.1%	−0.4 pts	68,233 miles
18 years	40.6%	5,141	43.3%	−2.6 pts	69,637 miles
19 years	40.9%	5,486	43.2%	−2.3 pts	71,198 miles
20 years	42.1%	4,814	42.8%	−0.6 pts	72,961 miles
21 years	42.8%	4,071	42.1%	+0.7 pts	74,171 miles
22 years	42.8%	2,948	41.0%	+1.8 pts	75,259 miles
23 years	42.3%	1,535	39.6%	+2.6 pts	76,653 miles

Most common fail items at 13 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Coil spring broken Major	8.6
Suspension ball joint worn Major	7.5
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major	5.7
Service brake performance: excessively binding Major	4.7
Handbrake too weak Major	3
Suspension arm bush worn Major	2.8

Out of 18,365 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Wipers not clearing screen Major	5.9
Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour Major	3.3
Brake light not working Major	3.2
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	3.1

Out of 18,365 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 13 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Vauxhall Corsa	43.2%	248,653	38.3%
Vauxhall Astra	39.3%	197,340	38.3%
Vauxhall Insignia	37.2%	71,754	38.3%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2003	22 years in 2025	40.6%	1,083	41.0%
2004	20 years in 2024	40.9%	1,186	42.8%
2005	20 years in 2025	39.3%	1,032	42.8%
2006	18 years in 2024	40.2%	1,148	43.3%
2007	17 years in 2024	41.0%	1,015	43.1%
2008	17 years in 2025	47.7%	2,760	43.1%
2009	16 years in 2025	45.4%	5,196	42.6%
2010	15 years in 2025	41.3%	3,644	41.6%
2011	14 years in 2025	40.4%	4,129	40.3%
2012	13 years in 2025	37.7%	3,914	38.3%
2013	12 years in 2025	32.8%	3,446	36.0%
2014	11 years in 2025	27.9%	3,441	33.3%

More on the Vauxhall Agila

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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