Vauxhall Vectra MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Vectra in Great Britain in 2025 — 22,040 tests. Figures cover every Vectra first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Vectra ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
55.6%
16.7 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
22,040
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
12.5%
of Vectra first tests; national 7.3%

How many Vauxhall Vectra cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 52,122 Vauxhall Vectra cars that were taxed or on SORN: 19,272 taxed and 32,850 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 Vectra vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
19,272
37.0% of the 52,122 Vectra cars taxed or on SORN; 308 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
32,850
declared off the road by their keepers — 63.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Vectra cars peaked at 275,905 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 256,633 (93.0%) to 19,272 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 19,107 at the end of 2014 to 32,850 at the end of 2025, up 71.9%. 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 Vectra 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 Vectra cars, year 2014: 276kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2015: 234kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2016: 196kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2017: 157kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2018: 124kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2019: 96kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2020: 75kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2021: 57kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2022: 45kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2023: 35kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2024: 26kTaxed Vectra cars, year 2025: 19k19k
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YearTaxed Vectra cars
2014275,905
2015234,321
2016195,698
2017157,435
2018123,855
201996,337
202075,445
202157,129
202244,690
202334,651
202425,895
202519,272

Vectra 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 — for this model, cars on SORN outnumber taxed ones.

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Vectra cars on SORN, year 2014: 19kVectra cars on SORN, year 2015: 24kVectra cars on SORN, year 2016: 29kVectra cars on SORN, year 2017: 31kVectra cars on SORN, year 2018: 32kVectra cars on SORN, year 2019: 33kVectra cars on SORN, year 2020: 35kVectra cars on SORN, year 2021: 34kVectra cars on SORN, year 2022: 34kVectra cars on SORN, year 2023: 35kVectra cars on SORN, year 2024: 33kVectra cars on SORN, year 2025: 33k33k
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YearVectra cars on SORN
201419,107
201524,128
201628,749
201730,673
201832,068
201933,268
202034,700
202134,445
202234,341
202334,583
202433,350
202532,850

Which model years survive

Taxed Vectra cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 19,272 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 3 taxed Vectra cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 19,269. 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 Vectra cars
20091,1155.8%
20086,31132.7%
20075,31927.6%
20062,75614.3%
20051,2136.3%
20047834.1%
20034072.1%
20023701.9%
20013952.0%
20002381.2%
All other build years (13 years, each under 1%)3621.9%

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 VECTRA 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 Vectra ages

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

Vauxhall VectraAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Vectra, vehicle age 16: 57%Vauxhall Vectra, vehicle age 17: 54%Vauxhall Vectra, vehicle age 18: 54.9%Vauxhall Vectra, vehicle age 19: 56.2%Vauxhall Vectra, vehicle age 20: 54.7%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 Vectra 54.7%
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Age (years)Vectra testsVectra pass rateAll cars
161,26457.0%58.3%
177,00754.0%57.2%
186,07654.9%57.4%
193,17056.2%57.0%
201,44954.7%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Vectra behind
-4-2+0+2+4Age 16: -1.3 points vs the average carAge 17: -3.2 points vs the average car17Age 18: -2.5 points vs the average carAge 19: -0.8 points vs the average car19Age 20: -2.9 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
16-1.3
17-3.2
18-2.5
19-0.8
20-2.9

The Vectra fleet on the road, by age

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

02k4k6k8kAge 16: 1k16Age 17: 7kAge 18: 6k18Age 19: 3kAge 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
161,264
177,007
186,076
193,170
201,449

What a Vectra fails on

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

Brakes22.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.7%
Suspension22.1%
Tyres8.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.6%
Body, chassis, structure6.8%
Visibility6.5%
Steering1.4%

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 Vectra, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 30.5% of advisories30.5%Brakes: 24.4% of advisories24.4%Tyres: 17.1% of advisories17.1%Noise, emissions and leaks: 8.4% of advisories8.4%Body, chassis, structure: 7.1% of advisories7.1%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.2% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension30.5%
Brakes24.4%
Tyres17.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.4%
Body, chassis, structure7.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Vectra?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Vectra 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: 55.4% of 14,633 tests55.4%Petrol14,633 testsDiesel: 56.0% of 7,381 tests56.0%Diesel7,381 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol14,63355.4%
Diesel7,38156.0%

What mileage is normal for a Vectra?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Vectra; 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 Vectra (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k161820Vehicle age (years)Age 16: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 86,250–141,250)Age 17: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 88,750–141,250)Age 18: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 91,250–143,750)Age 19: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 91,250–143,750)Age 20: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 88,750–148,750)116k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1686,250113,750141,250
1788,750113,750141,250
1891,250116,250143,750
1991,250116,250143,750
2088,750116,250148,750

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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.