Vauxhall Vivaro MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Vauxhall Vivaro in Great Britain in 2025 — 183,799 tests. Figures cover every Vivaro first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Vivaro is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Vivaro ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
58.3%
14.0 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
183,799
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.7%
of Vivaro first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
113,750
middle half: 86,250–143,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Vivaro ages

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

Vauxhall VivaroAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 3: 74.2%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 4: 73.2%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 5: 75.2%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 6: 72.7%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 7: 65.5%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 8: 61.6%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 9: 60%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 10: 56.7%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 11: 51.8%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 12: 48.7%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 13: 46%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 14: 47.2%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 15: 45.6%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 16: 46%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 17: 47.8%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 18: 48.5%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 19: 47.2%Vauxhall Vivaro, vehicle age 20: 48.5%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 Vivaro 48.5%
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Age (years)Vivaro testsVivaro pass rateAll cars
39,96774.2%88.5%
412,12473.2%87.2%
59,91175.2%86.0%
610,15672.7%83.5%
711,26365.5%80.9%
812,04361.6%78.2%
918,48460.0%74.9%
1021,02156.7%71.9%
1112,09351.8%68.6%
129,51348.7%65.8%
137,96146.0%63.5%
149,50047.2%61.2%
155,80445.6%59.3%
163,49446.0%58.3%
177,01747.8%57.2%
186,98048.5%57.4%
195,87047.2%57.0%
204,65048.5%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Vivaro behind
-18-9+0+9+18Age 3: -14.3 points vs the average car3Age 4: -14.0 points vs the average carAge 5: -10.8 points vs the average car5Age 6: -10.8 points vs the average carAge 7: -15.4 points vs the average car7Age 8: -16.6 points vs the average carAge 9: -14.9 points vs the average car9Age 10: -15.2 points vs the average carAge 11: -16.8 points vs the average car11Age 12: -17.1 points vs the average carAge 13: -17.5 points vs the average car13Age 14: -14.0 points vs the average carAge 15: -13.7 points vs the average car15Age 16: -12.3 points vs the average carAge 17: -9.4 points vs the average car17Age 18: -8.9 points vs the average carAge 19: -9.8 points vs the average car19Age 20: -9.1 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-14.3
4-14.0
5-10.8
6-10.8
7-15.4
8-16.6
9-14.9
10-15.2
11-16.8
12-17.1
13-17.5
14-14.0
15-13.7
16-12.3
17-9.4
18-8.9
19-9.8
20-9.1

The Vivaro fleet on the road, by age

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

07k15k22k30kAge 3: 9k3Age 4: 12kAge 5: 9k5Age 6: 10kAge 7: 11k7Age 8: 12kAge 9: 18k9Age 10: 21kAge 11: 12k11Age 12: 9kAge 13: 7k13Age 14: 9kAge 15: 5k15Age 16: 3kAge 17: 7k17Age 18: 6kAge 19: 5k19Age 20: 4k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
39,967
412,124
59,911
610,156
711,263
812,043
918,484
1021,021
1112,093
129,513
137,961
149,500
155,804
163,494
177,017
186,980
195,870
204,650

What a Vivaro fails on

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

Suspension23.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.4%
Brakes18.7%
Steering10.0%
Visibility7.1%
Tyres5.6%
Body, chassis, structure4.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.8% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 31.2% of advisories31.2%Suspension: 22.7% of advisories22.7%Tyres: 19.3% of advisories19.3%Noise, emissions and leaks: 6.9% of advisories6.9%Non-component advisories: 5.4% of advisoriesSteering: 4.8% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes31.2%
Suspension22.7%
Tyres19.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.9%
Non-component advisories5.4%
Steering4.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Vivaro?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Vivaro 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: 58.0% of 182,032 tests58.0%Diesel182,032 testsElectric: 82.5% of 1,694 tests82.5%Electric1,694 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel182,03258.0%
Electric1,69482.5%

What mileage is normal for a Vivaro?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Vivaro; 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 Vivaro (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k200k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 26,250–56,250)Age 4: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 38,750–71,250)Age 5: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–86,250)Age 6: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 56,250–98,750)Age 7: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 58,750–111,250)Age 8: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 68,750–126,250)Age 9: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 71,250–131,250)Age 10: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 86,250–143,750)Age 11: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 91,250–153,750)Age 12: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 103,750–168,750)Age 13: typical 138,750 miles (middle half 108,750–173,750)Age 14: typical 146,250 miles (middle half 113,750–176,250)Age 15: typical 148,750 miles (middle half 118,750–181,250)Age 16: typical 148,750 miles (middle half 116,250–181,250)Age 17: typical 153,750 miles (middle half 123,750–183,750)Age 18: typical 151,250 miles (middle half 123,750–181,250)Age 19: typical 151,250 miles (middle half 123,750–181,250)Age 20: typical 153,750 miles (middle half 126,250–183,750)153k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
326,25041,25056,250
438,75053,75071,250
551,25068,75086,250
656,25076,25098,750
758,75081,250111,250
868,75096,250126,250
971,25098,750131,250
1086,250113,750143,750
1191,250118,750153,750
12103,750133,750168,750
13108,750138,750173,750
14113,750146,250176,250
15118,750148,750181,250
16116,250148,750181,250
17123,750153,750183,750
18123,750151,250181,250
19123,750151,250181,250
20126,250153,750183,750

What fails at each age

The Vivaro'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.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesVisibilityTyresNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionSteeringBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment30.3%
3-5 yrsBrakes21.9%
3-5 yrsVisibility19.7%
3-5 yrsTyres13.6%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.1%
3-5 yrsEverything else9.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension32.3%
6-9 yrsSteering16.2%
6-9 yrsBrakes14.0%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.8%
6-9 yrsTyres8.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else15.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension28.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes18.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.6%
10-13 yrsSteering13.8%
10-13 yrsTyres5.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.8%
14+ yrsSuspension23.8%
14+ yrsBrakes23.7%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.1%
14+ yrsSteering7.5%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure6.7%
14+ yrsEverything else16.2%

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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. “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.