Vauxhall Meriva MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Meriva in Great Britain in 2025 — 81,099 tests. Figures cover every Meriva first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Meriva ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
61.5%
10.8 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
81,099
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.5%
of Meriva first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
56,250
middle half: 41,250–76,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Vauxhall Meriva cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 84,459 Vauxhall Meriva cars that were taxed or on SORN: 75,050 taxed and 9,409 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 Meriva vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
75,050
88.9% of the 84,459 Meriva cars taxed or on SORN; 122 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
9,409
declared off the road by their keepers — 11.1% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Meriva cars peaked at 161,839 at the end of 2015 and has since fallen by 86,789 (53.6%) to 75,050 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 1,474 at the end of 2014 to 9,409 at the end of 2025, up 538.3%. 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 Meriva cars, year by year

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

050k100k150k200k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Meriva cars, year 2014: 159kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2015: 162kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2016: 162kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2017: 157kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2018: 147kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2019: 136kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2020: 125kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2021: 114kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2022: 105kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2023: 95kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2024: 85kTaxed Meriva cars, year 2025: 75k75k
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YearTaxed Meriva cars
2014158,990
2015161,839
2016161,767
2017157,363
2018147,049
2019135,536
2020124,800
2021114,150
2022104,993
202395,327
202484,995
202575,050

Meriva 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.

02k4k6k8k10k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Meriva cars on SORN, year 2014: 1kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2015: 3kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2016: 4kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2017: 5kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2018: 5kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2019: 6kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2020: 7kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2021: 7kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2022: 8kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2023: 8kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2024: 9kMeriva cars on SORN, year 2025: 9k9k
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YearMeriva cars on SORN
20141,474
20152,594
20164,007
20174,970
20185,470
20196,106
20207,154
20217,351
20227,666
20238,222
20248,882
20259,409

Which model years survive

Taxed Meriva cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 75,050 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 Meriva cars
20174,3195.8%
20166,2498.3%
20157,83310.4%
20147,1649.5%
20136,9929.3%
20127,4449.9%
201111,87615.8%
20107,3879.8%
20093,8335.1%
20083,6144.8%
20073,1724.2%
20062,4483.3%
20051,4491.9%
20041,0291.4%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)2410.3%

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 MERIVA 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 Meriva ages

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

Vauxhall MerivaAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 8: 73.5%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 9: 71.3%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 10: 69.1%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 11: 67.3%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 12: 62.9%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 13: 64.9%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 14: 62.7%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 15: 56.7%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 16: 50.2%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 17: 47.6%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 18: 49.6%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 19: 47.4%Vauxhall Meriva, vehicle age 20: 46.1%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 Meriva 46.1%
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Age (years)Meriva testsMeriva pass rateAll cars
84,44573.5%78.2%
96,44071.3%74.9%
108,07869.1%71.9%
117,38267.3%68.6%
127,35462.9%65.8%
138,14664.9%63.5%
1412,93962.7%61.2%
158,22156.7%59.3%
164,27850.2%58.3%
174,14547.6%57.2%
183,61649.6%57.4%
192,85847.4%57.0%
201,70046.1%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Meriva aheadMeriva behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 8: -4.7 points vs the average carAge 9: -3.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: -2.8 points vs the average carAge 11: -1.3 points vs the average car11Age 12: -2.9 points vs the average carAge 13: +1.4 points vs the average car13Age 14: +1.5 points vs the average carAge 15: -2.6 points vs the average car15Age 16: -8.1 points vs the average carAge 17: -9.6 points vs the average car17Age 18: -7.8 points vs the average carAge 19: -9.6 points vs the average car19Age 20: -11.5 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
8-4.7
9-3.6
10-2.8
11-1.3
12-2.9
13+1.4
14+1.5
15-2.6
16-8.1
17-9.6
18-7.8
19-9.6
20-11.5

The Meriva fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 8: 4k8Age 9: 6kAge 10: 8k10Age 11: 7kAge 12: 7k12Age 13: 8kAge 14: 12k14Age 15: 8kAge 16: 4k16Age 17: 4kAge 18: 3k18Age 19: 2kAge 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
84,445
96,440
108,078
117,382
127,354
138,146
1412,939
158,221
164,278
174,145
183,616
192,858
201,700

What a Meriva fails on

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

Suspension26.6%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.8%
Brakes15.8%
Tyres10.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.4%
Visibility6.8%
Body, chassis, structure6.0%
Steering3.8%

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 Meriva, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 25.8% of advisories25.8%Tyres: 24.8% of advisories24.8%Suspension: 22.9% of advisories22.9%Noise, emissions and leaks: 8.7% of advisories8.7%Non-component advisories: 5.7% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 5.4% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes25.8%
Tyres24.8%
Suspension22.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.7%
Non-component advisories5.7%
Body, chassis, structure5.4%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Meriva?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Meriva 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: 61.7% of 66,999 tests61.7%Petrol66,999 testsDiesel: 60.4% of 14,096 tests60.4%Diesel14,096 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol66,99961.7%
Diesel14,09660.4%

What mileage is normal for a Meriva?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Meriva; 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 Meriva (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k8101214161820Vehicle age (years)Age 8: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–58,750)Age 9: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–68,750)Age 10: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 11: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–81,250)Age 12: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–88,750)Age 13: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 61,250–96,250)Age 14: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–106,250)Age 15: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 66,250–103,750)Age 16: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–101,250)Age 17: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 66,250–106,250)Age 18: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 68,750–106,250)Age 19: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 66,250–108,750)Age 20: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–111,250)88k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
831,25043,75058,750
936,25051,25068,750
1041,25056,25076,250
1146,25063,75081,250
1251,25068,75088,750
1361,25078,75096,250
1468,75088,750106,250
1566,25083,750103,750
1661,25081,250101,250
1766,25086,250106,250
1868,75086,250106,250
1966,25086,250108,750
2068,75088,750111,250

What fails at each age

The Meriva'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.

SuspensionTyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsSuspension37.6%
6-9 yrsTyres18.0%
6-9 yrsBrakes13.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment9.8%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks7.9%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.8%
10-13 yrsSuspension36.6%
10-13 yrsTyres15.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes13.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.6%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks7.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else14.9%
14+ yrsSuspension25.4%
14+ yrsBrakes19.1%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.9%
14+ yrsTyres9.1%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure8.0%
14+ yrsEverything else19.5%

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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.