Vauxhall Astra MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Astra in Great Britain in 2025 — 584,206 tests. Figures cover every Astra first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Astra ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
65.8%
6.5 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
584,206
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.2%
of Astra first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
76,250
middle half: 58,750–98,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Vauxhall Astra cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 658,160 Vauxhall Astra cars that were taxed or on SORN: 557,150 taxed and 101,010 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. Vauxhall Astra vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
557,150
84.7% of the 658,160 Astra cars taxed or on SORN; 764 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
101,010
declared off the road by their keepers — 15.3% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Astra cars peaked at 1,100,589 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 543,439 (49.4%) to 557,150 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 37,073 at the end of 2014 to 101,010 at the end of 2025, up 172.5%. 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 Astra cars, year by year

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

0500k1M1.5M2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Astra cars, year 2014: 1.1MTaxed Astra cars, year 2015: 1.1MTaxed Astra cars, year 2016: 1MTaxed Astra cars, year 2017: 1MTaxed Astra cars, year 2018: 955kTaxed Astra cars, year 2019: 897kTaxed Astra cars, year 2020: 829kTaxed Astra cars, year 2021: 769kTaxed Astra cars, year 2022: 714kTaxed Astra cars, year 2023: 665kTaxed Astra cars, year 2024: 613kTaxed Astra cars, year 2025: 557k557k
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YearTaxed Astra cars
20141,100,589
20151,066,384
20161,047,039
20171,006,643
2018955,185
2019896,802
2020829,213
2021768,895
2022714,083
2023664,902
2024613,165
2025557,150

Astra 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.

050k100k150k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Astra cars on SORN, year 2014: 37kAstra cars on SORN, year 2015: 48kAstra cars on SORN, year 2016: 60kAstra cars on SORN, year 2017: 67kAstra cars on SORN, year 2018: 72kAstra cars on SORN, year 2019: 79kAstra cars on SORN, year 2020: 86kAstra cars on SORN, year 2021: 87kAstra cars on SORN, year 2022: 88kAstra cars on SORN, year 2023: 94kAstra cars on SORN, year 2024: 97kAstra cars on SORN, year 2025: 101k101k
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YearAstra cars on SORN
201437,073
201548,467
201659,712
201766,711
201871,568
201978,556
202085,613
202186,740
202288,420
202393,568
202497,058
2025101,010

Which model years survive

Taxed Astra cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 557,150 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 12 taxed Astra cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 557,138. 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 Astra cars
20248,9751.6%
20238,9941.6%
20215,6421.0%
20205,9971.1%
201920,7213.7%
201828,7785.2%
201744,4218.0%
201653,7209.6%
201544,5978.0%
201448,4888.7%
201351,3979.2%
201241,7067.5%
201134,7316.2%
201035,9636.5%
200926,6234.8%
200824,5304.4%
200723,1244.2%
200614,5402.6%
20059,5801.7%
All other build years (28 years, each under 1%)24,6114.4%

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 ASTRA 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 Astra ages

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

Vauxhall AstraAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 3: 89.4%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 4: 87.4%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 5: 83.5%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 6: 82.8%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 7: 79.9%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 8: 77.6%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 9: 73.1%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 10: 66.7%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 11: 66.3%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 12: 65.4%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 13: 64.4%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 14: 61.6%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 15: 59.3%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 16: 55.2%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 17: 55.1%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 18: 53.1%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 19: 51.9%Vauxhall Astra, vehicle age 20: 53.5%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%Vauxhall Astra 53.5%
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Age (years)Astra testsAstra pass rateAll cars
32,91289.4%88.5%
45,93287.4%87.2%
56,24883.5%86.0%
621,07182.8%83.5%
729,84379.9%80.9%
845,64677.6%78.2%
955,21273.1%74.9%
1045,82066.7%71.9%
1149,99866.3%68.6%
1254,23865.4%65.8%
1346,09964.4%63.5%
1438,92361.6%61.2%
1541,67359.3%59.3%
1630,70755.2%58.3%
1729,57855.1%57.2%
1828,38753.1%57.4%
1917,33451.9%57.0%
2011,28853.5%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Astra aheadAstra behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: +0.9 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.2 points vs the average carAge 5: -2.5 points vs the average car5Age 6: -0.7 points vs the average carAge 7: -1.0 points vs the average car7Age 8: -0.6 points vs the average carAge 9: -1.8 points vs the average car9Age 10: -5.2 points vs the average carAge 11: -2.3 points vs the average car11Age 12: -0.4 points vs the average carAge 13: +0.9 points vs the average car13Age 14: +0.4 points vs the average carAge 15: +0.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: -3.1 points vs the average carAge 17: -2.1 points vs the average car17Age 18: -4.3 points vs the average carAge 19: -5.1 points vs the average car19Age 20: -4.1 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+0.9
4+0.2
5-2.5
6-0.7
7-1.0
8-0.6
9-1.8
10-5.2
11-2.3
12-0.4
13+0.9
14+0.4
15+0.0
16-3.1
17-2.1
18-4.3
19-5.1
20-4.1

The Astra fleet on the road, by age

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

015k30k45k60kAge 3: 2k3Age 4: 5kAge 5: 6k5Age 6: 21kAge 7: 29k7Age 8: 45kAge 9: 55k9Age 10: 45kAge 11: 49k11Age 12: 54kAge 13: 46k13Age 14: 38kAge 15: 41k15Age 16: 30kAge 17: 29k17Age 18: 28kAge 19: 17k19Age 20: 11k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
32,912
45,932
56,248
621,071
729,843
845,646
955,212
1045,820
1149,998
1254,238
1346,099
1438,923
1541,673
1630,707
1729,578
1828,387
1917,334
2011,288

What an Astra fails on

Where the failure items land when an Astra 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 equipment23.6%
Suspension20.3%
Brakes17.5%
Tyres13.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.4%
Visibility7.2%
Body, chassis, structure6.5%
Steering1.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 27.4% of advisories27.4%Tyres: 26.8% of advisories26.8%Suspension: 20.2% of advisories20.2%Noise, emissions and leaks: 9.4% of advisories9.4%Non-component advisories: 5.5% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 4.7% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes27.4%
Tyres26.8%
Suspension20.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks9.4%
Non-component advisories5.5%
Body, chassis, structure4.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Astra?

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

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 66.1% of 409,422 tests66.1%Petrol409,422 testsDiesel: 65.0% of 174,306 tests65.0%Diesel174,306 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol409,42266.1%
Diesel174,30665.0%

What mileage is normal for an Astra?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Astra; 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 Astra (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 13,750–31,250)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–43,750)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–48,750)Age 6: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 7: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–71,250)Age 8: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–83,750)Age 9: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–88,750)Age 10: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–98,750)Age 11: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–106,250)Age 12: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–116,250)Age 13: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 76,250–121,250)Age 14: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–126,250)Age 15: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 78,750–121,250)Age 16: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–123,750)Age 17: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–131,250)Age 18: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 83,750–133,750)Age 19: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–131,250)Age 20: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 78,750–128,750)103k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75021,25031,250
421,25031,25043,750
523,75033,75048,750
631,25046,25061,250
741,25053,75071,250
846,25063,75083,750
953,75068,75088,750
1058,75076,25098,750
1163,75083,750106,250
1271,25091,250116,250
1376,25098,750121,250
1478,750101,250126,250
1578,75098,750121,250
1678,750101,250123,750
1783,750106,250131,250
1883,750108,750133,750
1983,750106,250131,250
2078,750103,750128,750

What fails at each age

The Astra'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.

TyresBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilitySuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres32.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes28.0%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks13.5%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.1%
3-5 yrsVisibility5.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else9.7%
6-9 yrsTyres30.8%
6-9 yrsBrakes19.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension9.1%
6-9 yrsVisibility6.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else14.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension22.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes20.1%
10-13 yrsTyres16.4%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.9%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.8%
10-13 yrsEverything else16.5%
14+ yrsSuspension26.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.3%
14+ yrsBrakes19.2%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks9.3%
14+ yrsTyres9.3%
14+ yrsEverything else16.9%

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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.