50.3%
Chevrolet Aveo
Chevrolet Aveo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Chevrolet Aveo passed 50.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 22 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Aveo compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
54.9%
Chevrolet average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Aveo runs 4.6 points behind the Chevrolet average. It is 5th of the 8 Chevrolet models in the data. The average Aveo arrived at its test 14.5 years old with 72,610 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Aveo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 51 | 68.6% | 3.7 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 7,315 | 50.2% | 22.1 pts below |
Too few tests fall into some age groups to compare them reliably. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Aveo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Chevrolet Aveo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 48.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Aveo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Chevrolet Aveo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39.3% of everything testers recorded against failed Chevrolet Aveo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Aveo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken and ball joint excessively worn. 13.4% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 10.1% of failure items.
3
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 4.9% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 3% of failure items.
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Chevrolet Aveo MOT FAQs
What is the Chevrolet Aveo MOT pass rate?
50.3% of Chevrolet Aveo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 7,366 tests. That is 22 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 569th of 575 models.
What does a Chevrolet Aveo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Chevrolet Aveo cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 6.5% of failure items. Next were pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (5.9%) and track rod end ball joint has excessive play (4.9%).
Which area causes the most Chevrolet Aveo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 26%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 22.8%.
Does this mean every Chevrolet Aveo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Chevrolet Aveo that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Chevrolet Aveo's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.