MOT fail rates

Vauxhall Antara MOT fail rate by age

How often the Vauxhall Antara fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 83,963 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 10 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 10 (n=18,579)42.7%

All cars at 10 years (n=9,049,507)30.3%

Median mileage at test77,416

All cars, median mileage75,043

286 of 309 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 10 years.

What stands out

At 7 years the Vauxhall Antara fails 35.6% of MOTs (3,018 tests), 15.0 points above the 20.6% for all cars that age. At 16 years it fails 50.8% (1,420 tests), 8.2 points above the 42.6% average.
The gap is widest at 7 years: 15.0 points above all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 10 years: Suspension arm bush worn, at 7.5 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

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

Vauxhall Antara: 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
7 years	35.6%	3,018	20.6%	+15.0 pts	56,503 miles
8 years	38.4%	5,771	23.8%	+14.6 pts	64,122 miles
9 years	41.0%	13,141	27.1%	+13.9 pts	71,334 miles
10 years	42.7%	18,579	30.3%	+12.4 pts	77,416 miles
11 years	44.4%	16,630	33.3%	+11.2 pts	83,189 miles
12 years	46.0%	13,330	36.0%	+10.0 pts	88,348 miles
13 years	47.3%	7,262	38.3%	+9.1 pts	93,512 miles
14 years	47.5%	2,667	40.3%	+7.3 pts	100,512 miles
15 years	46.4%	2,145	41.6%	+4.8 pts	103,627 miles
16 years	50.8%	1,420	42.6%	+8.2 pts	107,049 miles

Most common fail items at 10 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
Suspension arm bush worn Major	7.5
Reversing lamps: inoperative Major	4.7
Coil spring broken Major	4.5

Out of 18,579 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major	11.8
Brake light not working Major	8.6
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	5.7
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	3.9
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major	3.8
Wipers not clearing screen Major	3.5
Dipped headlight not working Major	3.4

Out of 18,579 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 10 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Vauxhall Corsa	39.3%	318,399	30.3%
Vauxhall Astra	32.9%	215,952	30.3%
Vauxhall Insignia	33.6%	99,618	30.3%

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
2012	13 years in 2025	47.5%	5,147	38.3%
2013	12 years in 2025	45.3%	6,163	36.0%
2014	11 years in 2025	46.5%	2,482	33.3%
2015	10 years in 2025	45.2%	2,035	30.3%

More on the Vauxhall Antara

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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