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Chevrolet Cruze
Chevrolet Cruze MOT pass rate and common problems
The Chevrolet Cruze passed 58% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 14.3 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was coil spring fractured or broken.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Cruze 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 Cruze runs 3.1 points ahead of the Chevrolet average. It is 2nd of the 8 Chevrolet models in the data. The average Cruze arrived at its test 13.1 years old with 86,812 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.
Cruze MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Chevrolet Cruze cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 59.3% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 58%, a drop of 1.3 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 162 | 59.3% | 13 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 4,213 | 58% | 14.3 pts below |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Cruze failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Chevrolet Cruze cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 47.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Cruze MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Chevrolet Cruze cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 45.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Chevrolet Cruze cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Cruze
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp not working on dipped beam and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 14.8% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken. 9.7% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 5.7% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 4.8% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Cruze has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Chevrolet Cruze buying guide.
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Chevrolet Cruze MOT FAQs
What is the Chevrolet Cruze MOT pass rate?
58% of Chevrolet Cruze cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 4,375 tests. That is 14.3 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 513th of 575 models.
What does a Chevrolet Cruze most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Chevrolet Cruze cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 9.7% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (8.5%) and malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (4.8%).
Which area causes the most Chevrolet Cruze MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 29.3%, followed by suspension at 18.2%.
Do older Chevrolet Cruze cars fail their MOT more often?
Chevrolet Cruze cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 59.3% of MOT tests in 2025, against 58% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Chevrolet Cruze has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Chevrolet Cruze 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 Cruze'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.