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2011 Vauxhall Astra: MOT pass rate and common faults

38,923 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2011 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

61.6%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 61.1% to 62.1% (±0.5 points).

That is about average: the difference from the average for all vehicles first used in 2011 (61.2%) is within the margin of error. These cars were about 14 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2011 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2011, failures are more common in tyres (1.1×), body, chassis, structure (1.3×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.4×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.9×), suspension (0.9×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.9×) and steering (0.2×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2011.

  1. Lights and electrics15.0 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 17.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  2. Suspension14.4 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 15.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  3. Brakes9.3 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 9.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  4. Tyres7.8 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 7.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  5. Body, chassis, structure7.1 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 5.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  6. Noise, emissions, leaks6.0 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 4.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  7. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors5.0 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 5.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  8. Seat belts and airbags1.0 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2011
  9. Wheels0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2011
  10. Steering0.5 in 100 tests0.2× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  11. Number plates and VIN0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2011

All vehicles first used in 2011: the 185 models in our data, 1,445,723 tests (96.0% of all 1,506,534 tests on vehicles first used in 2011). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Typical mileage at test101,500

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

After an MOT advisory

2011 Vauxhall Astra cars that passed their 2024 MOT first time with an advisory, and what their next MOT found, against similar cars that passed with nothing noted in that area. Only cars first used in 2011.

Tyres

Of 2011 Vauxhall Astra cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.6% failed on tyres, against 5.8% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 5,276 and 13,375 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory9.6%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted5.8%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 19.6% of those with a tyre advisory and 16.9% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2011 Vauxhall Astra cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 12.1% failed on brakes, against 6.6% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 3,973 and 14,687 cars.

  • With a brake advisory12.1%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted6.6%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 20.9% of those with a brake advisory and 16.7% of the others.

Suspension

Of 2011 Vauxhall Astra cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 17.4% failed on suspension, against 12.5% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 3,244 and 15,116 cars.

  • With a suspension advisory17.4%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted12.5%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 22.2% of those with a suspension advisory and 16.5% of the others.

Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.

Vauxhall Astra, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

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