Chevrolet Matiz MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Chevrolet Matiz in Great Britain in 2025 — 8,112 tests. Figures cover every Matiz first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Matiz ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
50.2%
22.1 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
8,112
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
13.1%
of Matiz first tests; national 7.3%

How many Chevrolet Matiz cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 8,850 Chevrolet Matiz cars that were taxed or on SORN: 6,840 taxed and 2,010 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Chevrolet Matiz vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
6,840
77.3% of the 8,850 Matiz cars taxed or on SORN; 15 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,010
declared off the road by their keepers — 22.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Matiz cars peaked at 28,989 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 22,149 (76.4%) to 6,840 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 460 at the end of 2014 to 2,010 at the end of 2025, up 337.0%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Matiz cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Matiz cars, year 2014: 29kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2015: 28kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2016: 27kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2017: 25kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2018: 23kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2019: 20kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2020: 17kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2021: 15kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2022: 13kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2023: 11kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2024: 9kTaxed Matiz cars, year 2025: 7k7k
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YearTaxed Matiz cars
201428,989
201527,942
201626,856
201724,876
201822,601
201919,893
202017,275
202114,536
202212,546
202310,631
20248,726
20256,840

Matiz cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Matiz cars on SORN, year 2014: 460Matiz cars on SORN, year 2015: 738Matiz cars on SORN, year 2016: 1kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2018: 1kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kMatiz cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearMatiz cars on SORN
2014460
2015738
20161,027
20171,333
20181,474
20191,633
20201,933
20211,945
20221,843
20231,925
20241,945
20252,010

Which model years survive

Taxed Matiz cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 6,840 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Matiz cars
20105798.5%
20092,47936.2%
20081,44221.1%
20071,30119.0%
200671510.5%
20053234.7%
All other build years (five years, each under 1%)10.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model names MATIZ, MATIZ under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Matiz ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Matiz vs all cars, 2025.

Chevrolet MatizAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Chevrolet Matiz, vehicle age 15: 49.7%Chevrolet Matiz, vehicle age 16: 52.7%Chevrolet Matiz, vehicle age 17: 51%Chevrolet Matiz, vehicle age 18: 48.6%Chevrolet Matiz, vehicle age 19: 45%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Chevrolet Matiz 45%
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Age (years)Matiz testsMatiz pass rateAll cars
1569449.7%59.3%
162,85952.7%58.3%
171,70451.0%57.2%
181,55348.6%57.4%
1990445.0%57.0%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Matiz's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Matiz beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Matiz behind
-14-7+0+7+14Age 15: -9.6 points vs the average car15Age 16: -5.6 points vs the average carAge 17: -6.2 points vs the average car17Age 18: -8.8 points vs the average carAge 19: -12.0 points vs the average car19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
15-9.6
16-5.6
17-6.2
18-8.8
19-12.0

The Matiz fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Matiz fleet still in use.

07501k2k3kAge 15: 69415Age 16: 2kAge 17: 1k17Age 18: 1kAge 19: 90419Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
15694
162,859
171,704
181,553
19904

What a Matiz fails on

Where the failure items land when a Matiz fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24.5%
Suspension22.1%
Brakes18.9%
Body, chassis, structure8.5%
Tyres7.8%
Visibility6.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.6%
Steering2.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Matiz, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 32.1% of advisories32.1%Brakes: 24.4% of advisories24.4%Tyres: 18.3% of advisories18.3%Body, chassis, structure: 6.9% of advisories6.9%Noise, emissions and leaks: 5.8% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 3.7% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension32.1%
Brakes24.4%
Tyres18.3%
Body, chassis, structure6.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.8%
Identification of the vehicle3.7%

What mileage is normal for a Matiz?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Matiz; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Matiz (median)
0k25k50k75k151719Vehicle age (years)Age 15: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–68,750)Age 16: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–68,750)Age 17: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–71,250)Age 18: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–71,250)Age 19: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)53k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1536,25051,25068,750
1636,25051,25068,750
1741,25056,25071,250
1841,25053,75071,250
1941,25053,75073,750
How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.