Vauxhall Corsa MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Corsa in Great Britain in 2025 — 897,411 tests. Figures cover every Corsa first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Corsa ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
64.6%
7.7 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
897,411
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.3%
of Corsa first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
66,250
middle half: 48,750–83,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Vauxhall Corsa cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 1,030,428 Vauxhall Corsa cars that were taxed or on SORN: 927,827 taxed and 102,601 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 Corsa vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
927,827
90.0% of the 1,030,428 Corsa cars taxed or on SORN; 524 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
102,601
declared off the road by their keepers — 10.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Corsa cars peaked at 1,181,309 at the end of 2015 and has since fallen by 253,482 (21.5%) to 927,827 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 38,792 at the end of 2014 to 102,601 at the end of 2025, up 164.5%. 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 Corsa 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 Corsa cars, year 2014: 1.2MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2015: 1.2MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2016: 1.2MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2017: 1.1MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2018: 1.1MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2019: 1.1MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2020: 1.1MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2021: 1MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2022: 1MTaxed Corsa cars, year 2023: 989kTaxed Corsa cars, year 2024: 957kTaxed Corsa cars, year 2025: 928k928k
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YearTaxed Corsa cars
20141,175,901
20151,181,309
20161,179,747
20171,142,485
20181,109,625
20191,084,776
20201,053,974
20211,028,983
20221,009,104
2023989,374
2024956,602
2025927,827

Corsa 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)Corsa cars on SORN, year 2014: 39kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2015: 54kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2016: 67kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2017: 73kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2018: 76kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2019: 82kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2020: 88kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2021: 89kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2022: 89kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2023: 96kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2024: 98kCorsa cars on SORN, year 2025: 103k103k
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YearCorsa cars on SORN
201438,792
201553,873
201667,241
201772,643
201875,893
201981,888
202088,471
202189,163
202289,191
202395,566
202497,671
2025102,601

Which model years survive

Taxed Corsa cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 927,827 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 3 taxed Corsa cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 927,824. 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 Corsa cars
202533,9653.7%
202425,9532.8%
202338,4184.1%
202233,6363.6%
202138,4924.1%
202043,6774.7%
201951,7605.6%
201849,8035.4%
201749,4385.3%
201670,9407.6%
201581,6078.8%
201467,0417.2%
201364,1166.9%
201262,8086.8%
201148,9325.3%
201041,3464.5%
200935,1613.8%
200830,9263.3%
200722,9412.5%
200611,6731.3%
All other build years (15 years, each under 1%)25,1912.7%

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 CORSA 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 Corsa ages

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

Vauxhall CorsaAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 3: 85.9%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 4: 82.3%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 5: 84.8%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 6: 80.2%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 7: 72.9%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 8: 68.4%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 9: 66.6%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 10: 63.6%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 11: 57.2%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 12: 58.6%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 13: 57.4%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 14: 56.9%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 15: 54.8%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 16: 54.6%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 17: 53.5%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 18: 52.5%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 19: 49.7%Vauxhall Corsa, vehicle age 20: 50.5%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 Corsa 50.5%
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Age (years)Corsa testsCorsa pass rateAll cars
336,39685.9%88.5%
440,39282.3%87.2%
545,47584.8%86.0%
653,09580.2%83.5%
752,81772.9%80.9%
851,85768.4%78.2%
975,14666.6%74.9%
1086,56763.6%71.9%
1171,99857.2%68.6%
1269,18758.6%65.8%
1368,06557.4%63.5%
1453,63156.9%61.2%
1545,94354.8%59.3%
1639,55954.6%58.3%
1735,65253.5%57.2%
1826,70652.5%57.4%
1913,43749.7%57.0%
208,97050.5%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Corsa behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: -2.6 points vs the average car3Age 4: -4.9 points vs the average carAge 5: -1.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: -3.3 points vs the average carAge 7: -8.0 points vs the average car7Age 8: -9.8 points vs the average carAge 9: -8.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: -8.3 points vs the average carAge 11: -11.4 points vs the average car11Age 12: -7.2 points vs the average carAge 13: -6.1 points vs the average car13Age 14: -4.3 points vs the average carAge 15: -4.5 points vs the average car15Age 16: -3.7 points vs the average carAge 17: -3.7 points vs the average car17Age 18: -4.9 points vs the average carAge 19: -7.3 points vs the average car19Age 20: -7.1 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-2.6
4-4.9
5-1.2
6-3.3
7-8.0
8-9.8
9-8.3
10-8.3
11-11.4
12-7.2
13-6.1
14-4.3
15-4.5
16-3.7
17-3.7
18-4.9
19-7.3
20-7.1

The Corsa fleet on the road, by age

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

022k45k67k90kAge 3: 36k3Age 4: 40kAge 5: 45k5Age 6: 53kAge 7: 52k7Age 8: 51kAge 9: 75k9Age 10: 86kAge 11: 71k11Age 12: 69kAge 13: 68k13Age 14: 53kAge 15: 45k15Age 16: 39kAge 17: 35k17Age 18: 26kAge 19: 13k19Age 20: 8k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
336,396
440,392
545,475
653,095
752,817
851,857
975,146
1086,567
1171,998
1269,187
1368,065
1453,631
1545,943
1639,559
1735,652
1826,706
1913,437
208,970

What a Corsa fails on

Where the failure items land when a Corsa 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 equipment25.4%
Suspension20.9%
Brakes12.0%
Tyres10.1%
Visibility9.0%
Steering8.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.0%
Body, chassis, structure5.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.2% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 31.6% of advisories31.6%Suspension: 25.9% of advisories25.9%Brakes: 19.4% of advisories19.4%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.6% of advisories7.6%Non-component advisories: 4.6% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 4.3% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres31.6%
Suspension25.9%
Brakes19.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.6%
Non-component advisories4.6%
Body, chassis, structure4.3%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Corsa?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Corsa 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: 64.8% of 822,920 tests64.8%Petrol822,920 testsDiesel: 58.6% of 61,775 tests58.6%Diesel61,775 testsElectric: 77.6% of 12,687 tests77.6%Electric12,687 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol822,92064.8%
Diesel61,77558.6%
Electric12,68777.6%

What mileage is normal for a Corsa?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Corsa; 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 Corsa (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 13,750–28,750)Age 4: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–46,250)Age 6: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–48,750)Age 7: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–58,750)Age 8: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–68,750)Age 9: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 43,750–76,250)Age 10: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–83,750)Age 11: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–88,750)Age 12: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 56,250–93,750)Age 13: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 61,250–98,750)Age 14: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–103,750)Age 15: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–106,250)Age 16: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 66,250–108,750)Age 17: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–111,250)Age 18: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–111,250)Age 19: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–103,750)Age 20: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 58,750–101,250)78k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75021,25028,750
418,75028,75038,750
523,75033,75046,250
626,25036,25048,750
731,25043,75058,750
836,25051,25068,750
943,75058,75076,250
1048,75066,25083,750
1153,75068,75088,750
1256,25076,25093,750
1361,25078,75098,750
1463,75083,750103,750
1563,75083,750106,250
1666,25088,750108,750
1768,75088,750111,250
1868,75091,250111,250
1961,25081,250103,750
2058,75078,750101,250

What fails at each age

The Corsa'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.

VisibilityTyresBrakesSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSteeringNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsVisibility30.6%
3-5 yrsTyres27.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes22.0%
3-5 yrsSuspension8.0%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment6.2%
3-5 yrsEverything else5.6%
6-9 yrsSteering23.0%
6-9 yrsSuspension22.5%
6-9 yrsTyres15.2%
6-9 yrsBrakes13.7%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment9.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else15.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension23.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes13.7%
10-13 yrsSteering12.6%
10-13 yrsTyres10.3%
10-13 yrsEverything else19.9%
14+ yrsSuspension25.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24.9%
14+ yrsBrakes12.4%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.8%
14+ yrsTyres8.7%
14+ yrsEverything else19.3%

More vehicles we've checked

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.