Vauxhall Agila MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Agila in Great Britain in 2025 — 32,746 tests. Figures cover every Agila first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Agila ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
60.5%
11.8 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
32,746
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.1%
of Agila first tests; national 7.3%

How many Vauxhall Agila cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 35,317 Vauxhall Agila cars that were taxed or on SORN: 31,944 taxed and 3,373 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. Vauxhall Agila vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
31,944
90.4% of the 35,317 Agila cars taxed or on SORN; 31 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
3,373
declared off the road by their keepers — 9.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Agila cars peaked at 60,628 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 28,684 (47.3%) to 31,944 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 994 at the end of 2014 to 3,373 at the end of 2025, up 239.3%. 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 Agila cars, year by year

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

020k40k60k80k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Agila cars, year 2014: 61kTaxed Agila cars, year 2015: 58kTaxed Agila cars, year 2016: 56kTaxed Agila cars, year 2017: 53kTaxed Agila cars, year 2018: 50kTaxed Agila cars, year 2019: 47kTaxed Agila cars, year 2020: 44kTaxed Agila cars, year 2021: 42kTaxed Agila cars, year 2022: 40kTaxed Agila cars, year 2023: 37kTaxed Agila cars, year 2024: 35kTaxed Agila cars, year 2025: 32k32k
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YearTaxed Agila cars
201460,628
201558,491
201656,115
201753,152
201850,007
201947,092
202044,371
202141,796
202239,540
202337,363
202434,720
202531,944

Agila 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.

01k2k3k4k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Agila cars on SORN, year 2014: 994Agila cars on SORN, year 2015: 1kAgila cars on SORN, year 2016: 2kAgila cars on SORN, year 2017: 2kAgila cars on SORN, year 2018: 2kAgila cars on SORN, year 2019: 3kAgila cars on SORN, year 2020: 3kAgila cars on SORN, year 2021: 3kAgila cars on SORN, year 2022: 3kAgila cars on SORN, year 2023: 3kAgila cars on SORN, year 2024: 3kAgila cars on SORN, year 2025: 3k3k
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YearAgila cars on SORN
2014994
20151,414
20161,825
20172,128
20182,294
20192,549
20202,881
20212,862
20222,870
20232,978
20243,143
20253,373

Which model years survive

Taxed Agila cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 31,944 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 Agila cars
20143,50611.0%
20133,51711.0%
20123,96912.4%
20114,11512.9%
20103,50111.0%
20094,84215.2%
20082,5628.0%
20078642.7%
20069443.0%
20059292.9%
20048732.7%
20039923.1%
20025011.6%
20014071.3%
All other build years (three years, each under 1%)4221.3%

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 name AGILA 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 Agila ages

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

Vauxhall AgilaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 11: 72%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 12: 67.2%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 13: 62.1%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 14: 59.4%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 15: 58.4%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 16: 54.4%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 17: 52%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 18: 62.5%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 19: 59.3%Vauxhall Agila, vehicle age 20: 60.4%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%Vauxhall Agila 60.4%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Agila testsAgila pass rateAll cars
113,42872.0%68.6%
123,43467.2%65.8%
133,89662.1%63.5%
144,11459.4%61.2%
153,61958.4%59.3%
165,16654.4%58.3%
172,74152.0%57.2%
1890262.5%57.4%
1997659.3%57.0%
201,02660.4%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Agila aheadAgila behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 11: +3.4 points vs the average car11Age 12: +1.4 points vs the average carAge 13: -1.4 points vs the average car13Age 14: -1.8 points vs the average carAge 15: -0.9 points vs the average car15Age 16: -3.9 points vs the average carAge 17: -5.2 points vs the average car17Age 18: +5.1 points vs the average carAge 19: +2.3 points vs the average car19Age 20: +2.8 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
11+3.4
12+1.4
13-1.4
14-1.8
15-0.9
16-3.9
17-5.2
18+5.1
19+2.3
20+2.8

The Agila fleet on the road, by age

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

01k3k4k6kAge 11: 3k11Age 12: 3kAge 13: 3k13Age 14: 4kAge 15: 3k15Age 16: 5kAge 17: 2k17Age 18: 902Age 19: 97619Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
113,428
123,434
133,896
144,114
153,619
165,166
172,741
18902
19976
201,026

What an Agila fails on

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

Suspension30.1%
Brakes22.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.4%
Visibility8.8%
Tyres8.0%
Body, chassis, structure4.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.3%
Steering1.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 32.4% of advisories32.4%Suspension: 26.6% of advisories26.6%Tyres: 22.8% of advisories22.8%Non-component advisories: 4.4% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 3.5% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 3.0% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes32.4%
Suspension26.6%
Tyres22.8%
Non-component advisories4.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.5%
Body, chassis, structure3.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Agila?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Agila fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 60.7% of 32,190 tests60.7%Petrol32,190 testsDiesel: 49.9% of 555 tests49.9%Diesel555 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol32,19060.7%
Diesel55549.9%

What mileage is normal for an Agila?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Agila; 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 Agila (median)
0k25k50k75k100k111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 11: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 31,250–66,250)Age 12: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 33,750–71,250)Age 13: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 38,750–78,750)Age 14: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 43,750–83,750)Age 15: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 43,750–86,250)Age 16: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–88,750)Age 17: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 18: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–88,750)Age 19: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 20: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 53,750–93,750)71k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1131,25046,25066,250
1233,75051,25071,250
1338,75058,75078,750
1443,75063,75083,750
1543,75063,75086,250
1648,75066,25088,750
1751,25068,75091,250
1851,25071,25088,750
1951,25071,25091,250
2053,75071,25093,750

What fails at each age

The Agila's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

SuspensionBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresVisibilityEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
10-13 yrsSuspension35.5%
10-13 yrsBrakes26.3%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.4%
10-13 yrsTyres8.5%
10-13 yrsVisibility7.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else6.6%
14+ yrsSuspension32.3%
14+ yrsBrakes24.6%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.7%
14+ yrsTyres8.6%
14+ yrsVisibility6.7%
14+ yrsEverything else13.1%

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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.