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Vauxhall Combo MOT fail rate by age

How often the Vauxhall Combo fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 423,103 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 3 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 3 (n=50,382)28.0%
All cars at 3 years (n=8,016,463)12.1%
Median mileage at test34,990
All cars, median mileage22,806

336 of 343 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 3 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Vauxhall Combo fails 28.0% of MOTs (50,382 tests), 15.9 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 22 years it fails 50.2% (1,799 tests), 9.2 points above the 41.0% average.
  • The gap is widest at 7 years: 16.9 points above all cars.
  • At 3 years its listed fail items are all wear items, led by Wipers not clearing screen at 9.9 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 22 years 58.6%

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

Vauxhall Combo: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years28.0%50,38212.1%+15.9 pts34,990 miles
4 years28.9%46,05113.4%+15.5 pts45,692 miles
5 years28.0%36,84115.3%+12.7 pts54,928 miles
6 years30.7%28,09917.8%+12.9 pts65,208 miles
7 years37.6%17,84320.6%+16.9 pts81,744 miles
8 years40.5%19,92123.8%+16.7 pts90,828 miles
9 years41.6%19,39427.1%+14.4 pts98,432 miles
10 years44.0%16,96530.3%+13.7 pts104,228 miles
11 years42.5%19,81433.3%+9.2 pts103,209 miles
12 years41.0%22,37036.0%+5.0 pts101,871 miles
13 years43.4%23,18638.3%+5.2 pts104,613 miles
14 years46.1%25,90440.3%+5.9 pts110,791 miles
15 years50.3%22,82741.6%+8.7 pts118,782 miles
16 years52.5%19,62742.6%+9.9 pts123,600 miles
17 years52.1%17,23343.1%+9.0 pts124,832 miles
18 years53.3%13,65743.3%+10.0 pts127,707 miles
19 years53.0%10,47643.2%+9.8 pts129,121 miles
20 years51.3%6,80642.8%+8.6 pts131,635 miles
21 years52.2%3,90842.1%+10.1 pts132,519 miles
22 years50.2%1,79941.0%+9.2 pts128,443 miles

Most common fail items at 3 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

None among the ten most common fail items.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Wipers not clearing screen Major9.9
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous5.7
Headlight aimed too high Major4.8
Dipped headlight not working Major3.8
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous3.1
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major2.6
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major2.5
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major2
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major1.8
Headlamp aim: too low Major1.5

Out of 50,382 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 3 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Vauxhall Vivaro24.4%43,05612.1%
Ford Transit Custom21.4%150,02412.1%
Volkswagen Transporter17.0%63,91812.1%

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 .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200322 years in 202550.6%1,10141.0%
200421 years in 202551.7%1,47742.1%
200520 years in 202547.9%1,66342.8%
200619 years in 202552.2%2,60143.2%
200718 years in 202552.8%3,44743.3%
200817 years in 202550.8%4,19643.1%
200916 years in 202550.5%3,19842.6%
201015 years in 202546.5%5,67641.6%
201114 years in 202542.3%6,68140.3%
201213 years in 202547.3%2,56438.3%
201312 years in 202545.5%2,79636.0%
201411 years in 202544.3%4,42833.3%
201510 years in 202541.8%4,76830.3%
20169 years in 202541.1%4,87427.1%
20178 years in 202539.6%3,51723.8%
20187 years in 202533.5%2,90520.6%
20196 years in 202526.7%15,75117.8%
20205 years in 202525.4%13,62915.3%
20214 years in 202527.0%12,29013.4%
20223 years in 202525.3%6,64112.1%

More on the Vauxhall Combo

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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