Vauxhall Tigra MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Tigra in Great Britain in 2025 — 5,339 tests. Figures cover every Tigra first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Tigra ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
53.1%
19.2 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
5,339
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
14.2%
of Tigra first tests; national 7.3%

How many Vauxhall Tigra cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 7,577 Vauxhall Tigra cars that were taxed or on SORN: 4,579 taxed and 2,998 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 Tigra vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
4,579
60.4% of the 7,577 Tigra cars taxed or on SORN; 33 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,998
declared off the road by their keepers — 39.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Tigra cars peaked at 22,742 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 18,163 (79.9%) to 4,579 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 1,550 at the end of 2014 to 2,998 at the end of 2025, up 93.4%. 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 Tigra cars, year by year

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

05k10k15k20k25k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Tigra cars, year 2014: 23kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2015: 21kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2016: 19kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2017: 17kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2018: 16kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2019: 14kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2020: 12kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2021: 10kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2022: 9kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2023: 7kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2024: 6kTaxed Tigra cars, year 2025: 5k5k
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YearTaxed Tigra cars
201422,742
201520,514
201618,787
201717,368
201815,703
201913,787
202012,001
202110,216
20228,780
20237,267
20245,697
20254,579

Tigra 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.

01k2k3k4k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Tigra cars on SORN, year 2014: 2kTigra cars on SORN, year 2015: 2kTigra cars on SORN, year 2016: 2kTigra cars on SORN, year 2017: 2kTigra cars on SORN, year 2018: 3kTigra cars on SORN, year 2019: 3kTigra cars on SORN, year 2020: 3kTigra cars on SORN, year 2021: 3kTigra cars on SORN, year 2022: 3kTigra cars on SORN, year 2023: 3kTigra cars on SORN, year 2024: 3kTigra cars on SORN, year 2025: 3k3k
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YearTigra cars on SORN
20141,550
20151,880
20162,234
20172,377
20182,558
20192,848
20203,066
20212,965
20222,896
20232,977
20243,027
20252,998

Which model years survive

Taxed Tigra cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 4,579 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 Tigra cars
20091,13324.7%
200883118.1%
200793320.4%
200696421.1%
200548310.5%
20041282.8%
All other build years (eleven years, each under 1%)1072.3%

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 TIGRA 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 Tigra ages

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

Vauxhall TigraAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Tigra, vehicle age 16: 52%Vauxhall Tigra, vehicle age 17: 50.8%Vauxhall Tigra, vehicle age 18: 51.4%Vauxhall Tigra, vehicle age 19: 56.7%Vauxhall Tigra, vehicle age 20: 51.8%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 Tigra 51.8%
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Age (years)Tigra testsTigra pass rateAll cars
161,28252.0%58.3%
1798750.8%57.2%
181,07351.4%57.4%
191,12656.7%57.0%
2057751.8%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Tigra behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 16: -6.3 points vs the average carAge 17: -6.4 points vs the average car17Age 18: -6.0 points vs the average carAge 19: -0.3 points vs the average car19Age 20: -5.8 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
16-6.3
17-6.4
18-6.0
19-0.3
20-5.8

The Tigra fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 16: 1k16Age 17: 987Age 18: 1k18Age 19: 1kAge 20: 57720Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
161,282
17987
181,073
191,126
20577

What a Tigra fails on

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

Brakes24.8%
Suspension20.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.4%
Tyres9.0%
Body, chassis, structure7.5%
Visibility7.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.6%
Steering4.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.8% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 27.0% of advisories27.0%Suspension: 25.2% of advisories25.2%Tyres: 18.6% of advisories18.6%Body, chassis, structure: 8.4% of advisories8.4%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.4% of advisories7.4%Non-component advisories: 5.6% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes27.0%
Suspension25.2%
Tyres18.6%
Body, chassis, structure8.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.4%
Non-component advisories5.6%

What mileage is normal for a Tigra?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Tigra; 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 Tigra (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k161820Vehicle age (years)Age 16: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–88,750)Age 17: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–93,750)Age 18: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–93,750)Age 19: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–98,750)Age 20: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–101,250)81k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1653,75068,75088,750
1756,25073,75093,750
1858,75076,25093,750
1961,25081,25098,750
2061,25081,250101,250

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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.