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2018 Vauxhall Corsa: MOT pass rate and common faults

52,817 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2018 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

72.9%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 72.5% to 73.2% (±0.4 points).

That is 8.0 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2018 (80.9%). These cars were about 7 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2018 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2018, failures are more common in suspension (2.2×), tyres (1.1×), lights and electrics (1.1×), brakes (1.2×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.4×). 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 2018.

  1. Suspension7.9 in 100 tests2.2× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  2. Steering6.8 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  3. Tyres6.0 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 5.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  4. Lights and electrics5.6 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 5.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  5. Brakes4.5 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  6. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors4.2 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  7. Noise, emissions, leaks1.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  8. Body, chassis, structure0.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  9. Seat belts and airbags0.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  10. Wheels0.1 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  11. Number plates and VIN0.1 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018

All vehicles first used in 2018: the 245 models in our data, 2,409,788 tests (97.5% of all 2,471,792 tests on vehicles first used in 2018). 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 test43,300

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

After an MOT advisory

2018 Vauxhall Corsa 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 2018.

Tyres

Of 2018 Vauxhall Corsa cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.5% failed on tyres, against 4.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 9,480 and 23,551 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory8.5%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted4.7%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 7.2% of those with a tyre advisory and 7.0% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2018 Vauxhall Corsa cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.3% failed on brakes, against 3.4% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 4,526 and 28,482 cars.

  • With a brake advisory8.3%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted3.4%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 7.9% of those with a brake advisory and 6.9% of the others.

Suspension

Of 2018 Vauxhall Corsa cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 10.0% failed on suspension, against 7.3% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 2,398 and 30,612 cars.

  • With a suspension advisory10.0%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted7.3%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 7.8% of those with a suspension advisory and 7.0% 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 Corsa, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2018 Vauxhall Corsa

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