Vauxhall Insignia MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Insignia in Great Britain in 2025 — 180,900 tests. Figures cover every Insignia first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Insignia ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
67.4%
4.9 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
180,900
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.4%
of Insignia first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
101,250
middle half: 78,750–126,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Vauxhall Insignia cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 188,098 Vauxhall Insignia cars that were taxed or on SORN: 170,712 taxed and 17,386 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 Insignia vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
170,712
90.8% of the 188,098 Insignia cars taxed or on SORN; 408 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
17,386
declared off the road by their keepers — 9.2% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Insignia cars peaked at 258,478 at the end of 2018 and has since fallen by 87,766 (34.0%) to 170,712 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 1,106 at the end of 2014 to 17,386 at the end of 2025, up 1472.0%. 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 Insignia cars, year by year

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

0100k200k300k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Insignia cars, year 2014: 196kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2015: 225kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2016: 244kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2017: 254kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2018: 258kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2019: 258kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2020: 248kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2021: 239kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2022: 226kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2023: 210kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2024: 191kTaxed Insignia cars, year 2025: 171k171k
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YearTaxed Insignia cars
2014196,333
2015225,453
2016244,245
2017253,579
2018258,478
2019257,647
2020248,157
2021239,184
2022225,666
2023209,867
2024190,680
2025170,712

Insignia 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.

05k10k15k20k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Insignia cars on SORN, year 2014: 1kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2015: 2kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2016: 2kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2017: 4kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2018: 6kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2019: 8kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2020: 10kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2021: 11kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2022: 12kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2023: 13kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2024: 16kInsignia cars on SORN, year 2025: 17k17k
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YearInsignia cars on SORN
20141,106
20151,504
20162,471
20174,113
20185,718
20197,924
20209,769
202110,523
202211,643
202313,459
202415,517
202517,386

Which model years survive

Taxed Insignia cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 170,712 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 Insignia cars
20197,4464.4%
201811,9467.0%
201714,5488.5%
201620,75812.2%
201526,73615.7%
201423,11613.5%
201317,70710.4%
201215,7509.2%
201116,1079.4%
20108,4965.0%
20095,3983.2%
All other build years (eight years, each under 1%)2,7041.6%

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 INSIGNIA 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 Insignia ages

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

Vauxhall InsigniaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 3: 81.4%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 4: 84%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 5: 83.4%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 6: 80.9%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 7: 78.9%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 8: 75.4%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 9: 68.3%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 10: 67.1%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 11: 64.9%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 12: 64.4%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 13: 62.4%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 14: 61.8%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 15: 60.3%Vauxhall Insignia, vehicle age 16: 59.9%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 Insignia 59.9%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Insignia testsInsignia pass rateAll cars
361981.4%88.5%
490984.0%87.2%
51,29283.4%86.0%
67,83180.9%83.5%
712,59478.9%80.9%
815,20675.4%78.2%
921,50568.3%74.9%
1027,30567.1%71.9%
1123,67864.9%68.6%
1218,61564.4%65.8%
1316,96462.4%63.5%
1417,96161.8%61.2%
159,85560.3%59.3%
166,49859.9%58.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Insignia aheadInsignia behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: -7.1 points vs the average car3Age 4: -3.2 points vs the average carAge 5: -2.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: -2.6 points vs the average carAge 7: -2.0 points vs the average car7Age 8: -2.8 points vs the average carAge 9: -6.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: -4.8 points vs the average carAge 11: -3.7 points vs the average car11Age 12: -1.4 points vs the average carAge 13: -1.1 points vs the average car13Age 14: +0.6 points vs the average carAge 15: +1.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: +1.6 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-7.1
4-3.2
5-2.6
6-2.6
7-2.0
8-2.8
9-6.6
10-4.8
11-3.7
12-1.4
13-1.1
14+0.6
15+1.0
16+1.6

The Insignia fleet on the road, by age

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

07k15k22k30kAge 3: 6193Age 4: 909Age 5: 1k5Age 6: 7kAge 7: 12k7Age 8: 15kAge 9: 21k9Age 10: 27kAge 11: 23k11Age 12: 18kAge 13: 16k13Age 14: 17kAge 15: 9k15Age 16: 6k16Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3619
4909
51,292
67,831
712,594
815,206
921,505
1027,305
1123,678
1218,615
1316,964
1417,961
159,855
166,498

What an Insignia fails on

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

Suspension24.2%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24.2%
Tyres17.1%
Brakes14.0%
Visibility6.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.2%
Body, chassis, structure4.6%
Road Wheels1.0%

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 Insignia, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 30.9% of advisories30.9%Suspension: 26.6% of advisories26.6%Brakes: 20.4% of advisories20.4%Noise, emissions and leaks: 6.9% of advisories6.9%Non-component advisories: 5.3% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 3.5% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres30.9%
Suspension26.6%
Brakes20.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.9%
Non-component advisories5.3%
Body, chassis, structure3.5%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Insignia?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Insignia 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: 66.4% of 148,268 tests66.4%Diesel148,268 testsPetrol: 72.1% of 32,619 tests72.1%Petrol32,619 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel148,26866.4%
Petrol32,61972.1%

What mileage is normal for an Insignia?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Insignia; 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 Insignia (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k357911131516Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–46,250)Age 4: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 28,750–61,250)Age 5: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 33,750–68,750)Age 6: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 51,250–81,250)Age 7: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–88,750)Age 8: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 58,750–98,750)Age 9: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–111,250)Age 10: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–126,250)Age 11: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 88,750–138,750)Age 12: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 91,250–138,750)Age 13: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 93,750–143,750)Age 14: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 93,750–138,750)Age 15: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 93,750–141,250)Age 16: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 91,250–138,750)113k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
323,75033,75046,250
428,75043,75061,250
533,75048,75068,750
651,25066,25081,250
751,25068,75088,750
858,75078,75098,750
968,75088,750111,250
1078,750101,250126,250
1188,750111,250138,750
1291,250113,750138,750
1393,750118,750143,750
1493,750116,250138,750
1593,750116,250141,250
1691,250113,750138,750

What fails at each age

The Insignia'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.

TyresBrakesVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres31.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes27.2%
3-5 yrsVisibility17.6%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks10.4%
3-5 yrsBody, chassis, structure4.9%
3-5 yrsEverything else8.7%
6-9 yrsTyres25.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension20.7%
6-9 yrsBrakes17.8%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.5%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks10.4%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.5%
10-13 yrsSuspension29.9%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.9%
10-13 yrsTyres17.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes14.4%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure5.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else12.4%
14+ yrsSuspension27.5%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.5%
14+ yrsBrakes15.7%
14+ yrsTyres14.9%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.9%
14+ yrsEverything else14.5%

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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.