Vauxhall Combo MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Combo in Great Britain in 2025 — 98,768 tests. Figures cover every Combo first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Combo is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Combo ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
62.3%
10.0 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
98,768
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.3%
of Combo first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
103,750
middle half: 81,250–128,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Combo ages

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

Vauxhall ComboAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 3: 74%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 4: 71.1%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 5: 73.4%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 6: 73.2%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 7: 66.4%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 8: 60.1%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 9: 58.6%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 10: 58%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 11: 55.4%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 12: 54.3%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 13: 52.3%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 14: 57.4%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 15: 53.1%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 16: 48.9%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 17: 48.8%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 18: 46.6%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 19: 47.1%Vauxhall Combo, vehicle age 20: 51.6%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 Combo 51.6%
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Age (years)Combo testsCombo pass rateAll cars
35,47974.0%88.5%
410,13671.1%87.2%
511,60073.4%86.0%
615,39273.2%83.5%
72,89166.4%80.9%
83,48960.1%78.2%
94,84158.6%74.9%
104,74058.0%71.9%
114,39255.4%68.6%
122,78054.3%65.8%
132,54652.3%63.5%
146,63557.4%61.2%
155,63153.1%59.3%
163,16448.9%58.3%
174,15848.8%57.2%
183,40946.6%57.4%
192,56847.1%57.0%
201,64451.6%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Combo behind
-20-10+0+10+20Age 3: -14.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: -16.1 points vs the average carAge 5: -12.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: -10.3 points vs the average carAge 7: -14.5 points vs the average car7Age 8: -18.1 points vs the average carAge 9: -16.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: -13.9 points vs the average carAge 11: -13.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: -11.5 points vs the average carAge 13: -11.2 points vs the average car13Age 14: -3.8 points vs the average carAge 15: -6.2 points vs the average car15Age 16: -9.4 points vs the average carAge 17: -8.4 points vs the average car17Age 18: -10.8 points vs the average carAge 19: -9.9 points vs the average car19Age 20: -6.0 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-14.5
4-16.1
5-12.6
6-10.3
7-14.5
8-18.1
9-16.3
10-13.9
11-13.2
12-11.5
13-11.2
14-3.8
15-6.2
16-9.4
17-8.4
18-10.8
19-9.9
20-6.0

The Combo fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 5k3Age 4: 10kAge 5: 11k5Age 6: 15kAge 7: 2k7Age 8: 3kAge 9: 4k9Age 10: 4kAge 11: 4k11Age 12: 2kAge 13: 2k13Age 14: 6kAge 15: 5k15Age 16: 3kAge 17: 4k17Age 18: 3kAge 19: 2k19Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
35,479
410,136
511,600
615,392
72,891
83,489
94,841
104,740
114,392
122,780
132,546
146,635
155,631
163,164
174,158
183,409
192,568
201,644

What a Combo fails on

Where the failure items land when a Combo 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 equipment26.7%
Suspension20.4%
Brakes14.8%
Tyres10.5%
Visibility9.9%
Body, chassis, structure6.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.2%
Steering3.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 27.2% of advisories27.2%Brakes: 25.4% of advisories25.4%Suspension: 22.0% of advisories22.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 6.7% of advisories6.7%Non-component advisories: 6.1% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 4.1% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres27.2%
Brakes25.4%
Suspension22.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.7%
Non-component advisories6.1%
Body, chassis, structure4.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Combo?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Combo 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%Diesel: 61.6% of 94,101 tests61.6%Diesel94,101 testsPetrol: 76.9% of 3,416 tests76.9%Petrol3,416 testsElectric: 80.4% of 1,187 tests80.4%Electric1,187 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel94,10161.6%
Petrol3,41676.9%
Electric1,18780.4%

What mileage is normal for a Combo?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Combo; 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 Combo (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 23,750–56,250)Age 4: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 38,750–71,250)Age 5: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–76,250)Age 6: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–81,250)Age 7: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 48,750–96,250)Age 8: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 63,750–111,250)Age 9: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–123,750)Age 10: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 81,250–128,750)Age 11: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–131,250)Age 12: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 88,750–138,750)Age 13: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 88,750–143,750)Age 14: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 73,750–143,750)Age 15: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 73,750–143,750)Age 16: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 93,750–151,250)Age 17: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–153,750)Age 18: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 103,750–156,250)Age 19: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 101,250–151,250)Age 20: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 98,750–151,250)123k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
323,75038,75056,250
438,75056,25071,250
543,75061,25076,250
643,75061,25081,250
748,75071,25096,250
863,75086,250111,250
973,75096,250123,750
1081,250103,750128,750
1183,750106,250131,250
1288,750113,750138,750
1388,750116,250143,750
1473,750103,750143,750
1573,750106,250143,750
1693,750121,250151,250
17101,250128,750153,750
18103,750128,750156,250
19101,250123,750151,250
2098,750123,750151,250

What fails at each age

The Combo'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.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24.6%
3-5 yrsVisibility20.9%
3-5 yrsBrakes20.7%
3-5 yrsTyres17.8%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks4.7%
3-5 yrsEverything else11.3%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension20.2%
6-9 yrsTyres15.4%
6-9 yrsBrakes14.7%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.4%
6-9 yrsEverything else17.8%
10-13 yrsSuspension31.6%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.3%
10-13 yrsTyres11.4%
10-13 yrsBrakes10.1%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.1%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.5%
14+ yrsSuspension25.2%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.3%
14+ yrsBrakes18.4%
14+ yrsTyres9.0%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure8.8%
14+ yrsEverything else19.3%

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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. “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.