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Vauxhall Zafira exhaust repair: MOT fails on these items more often than other cars of the same age

At MOT, the Vauxhall Zafira fails on items fixed by exhaust repair at least 2.1 times as often as cars of the same ages and fuel. From 861,172 MOT tests at 20 ages (4 to 23 years), DVSA data 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

Vauxhall Zafira, at least, per 100 MOTs (n=861,172)2.44

Cars of the same ages and fuel, per 100 MOTs1.11

Times as often≥ 2.1

Ages compared20

What this shows

These are MOT fail items that exhaust repair fixes, as testers found them on the day of the test. Repairs done between MOTs never show up in MOT data, and mileage is not taken into account, so this is not how often owners pay for the repair.

By age

Fail items fixed by exhaust repair, per 100 MOT tests, against cars of the same age and the same fuel mix. The model figure is a floor: DVSA data lists each model’s 25 most recorded items per age, and an item outside that list is counted as zero. The comparison figure is a ceiling: an item too rare to be listed for a fuel is counted at its highest possible value.

Vauxhall Zafira: ages with at least 1,000 tests.
Age	Vauxhall Zafira per 100	Same age and fuel per 100	Tests (n)
4 years	0	0.018	5,144
5 years	0.18	0.059	17,206
6 years	0.45	0.12	29,384
7 years	0.68	0.21	44,126
8 years	0.97	0.33	67,929
9 years	1.26	0.49	85,329
10 years	1.55	0.69	90,028
11 years	1.84	0.89	87,946
12 years	2.48	1.11	78,647
13 years	2.88	1.31	60,182
14 years	3.21	1.54	61,017
15 years	3.83	1.79	60,344
16 years	4.01	1.99	50,712
17 years	4.22	2.11	41,624
18 years	4.83	2.20	31,073
19 years	4.91	2.27	20,918
20 years	5.33	2.30	14,062
21 years	5.32	2.32	8,585
22 years	5.23	2.30	4,667
23 years	4.89	2.25	2,249

How we decide: a page exists only when the main generation’s rate, weighted to its own mix of ages and fuels, is at least 1.5 times the rate of cars of the same ages and fuel, from at least 50,000 tests at 3 or more ages, with at least 100 expected items.

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.

What it costs

Prices are national. They are not specific to the Vauxhall Zafira.

Median price (80 shops)£212.09

Middle half of prices£182.35 to £263.41

ONS price quotes for “EXHAUST FITTING FAST FIT”, September 2025 to August 2026, UK, 1,020 quotes from 80 shops. The ONS item is an exhaust fitted at a fast-fit centre; which part of the exhaust is not stated. Consumer prices as quoted.

If a garage also charges labour

Local garage labour, per hour (65 shops)£78

Local garage, middle half£70 to £96

Main dealer labour, per hour (62 shops)£156

Main dealer, middle half£144 to £174

Median hourly rate charged for car repairs, from 1,058 local garage and 953 main dealer price quotes collected by the ONS, September 2025 to August 2026. The same shops are priced each month, so the number of shops is the real sample.

Exhaust repair: cost and all models

MOT defects this repair fixes

Exhaust system has a minor leak of exhaust gases1.92 per 100, all cars
Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases0.75 per 100, all cars

Other models that fail on these items more often

Model	Times as often	Tests (n)
Isuzu D-Max	at least 16.8	134,777
Vauxhall Crossland	at least 5.8	229,410
Ford EcoSport	at least 4.3	402,494
Vauxhall Mokka	at least 4.1	930,592
Ford Transit Connect	at least 3.1	676,611
Vauxhall Combo	at least 3.1	423,103
Smart Forfourfirst used 2014 or later	at least 3.0	89,645
Nissan Navara	at least 2.8	286,820
Toyota Hilux	at least 2.8	278,401
Fiat Doblo	at least 2.7	190,103

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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, and the MOT inspection manual published on GOV.UK. Prices: ONS consumer price inflation price quotes, September 2025 to August 2026, UK.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026. Prices updated 22 September 2026.

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