MOT fail rates

Vauxhall Grandland MOT fail rate by age

How often the Vauxhall Grandland fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 243,753 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 4 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 4 (n=69,304)12.4%

All cars at 4 years (n=8,699,937)13.4%

Median mileage at test30,179

All cars, median mileage29,800

173 of 348 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 4 years.

What stands out

At 3 years the Vauxhall Grandland fails 11.3% of MOTs (61,758 tests), about the same as the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 7 years it fails 23.4% (16,255 tests), 2.8 points above the 20.6% average.
The gap is widest at 7 years: 2.8 points above all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 4 years: Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn, at 0.5 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

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

Vauxhall Grandland: 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
3 years	11.3%	61,758	12.1%	−0.8 pts	22,255 miles
4 years	12.4%	69,304	13.4%	−1.0 pts	30,179 miles
5 years	14.8%	57,610	15.3%	−0.5 pts	37,445 miles
6 years	18.3%	38,826	17.8%	+0.5 pts	45,108 miles
7 years	23.4%	16,255	20.6%	+2.8 pts	53,592 miles

Most common fail items at 4 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
Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn Major	0.5

Out of 69,304 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	3.9
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	1.7
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major	1.4
Headlamp aim: too low Major	0.8
Wipers not clearing screen Major	0.8
Headlight aimed too high Major	0.7
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	0.6
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major	0.6
Dipped headlight not working Major	0.4

Out of 69,304 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 4 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Vauxhall Corsa	19.5%	194,153	13.4%
Vauxhall Mokka	13.8%	68,215	13.4%
Vauxhall Astra	14.5%	64,768	13.4%

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
2018	7 years in 2025	23.4%	16,202	20.6%
2019	6 years in 2025	16.9%	22,515	17.8%
2020	5 years in 2025	13.7%	18,563	15.3%
2021	4 years in 2025	11.4%	10,739	13.4%
2022	3 years in 2025	11.7%	7,198	12.1%

More on the Vauxhall Grandland

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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