MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Chevrolet Spark MOT pass rate
The Chevrolet Spark passed 64.51% of its 13,363 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 12.8 percentage points worse than average.
How the Chevrolet Spark holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Chevrolet Spark grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 1 | 100% |
| 6–10 years | 10 | 40% |
| 11 years and over | 13,352 | 64.53% |
The Chevrolet Spark drops 35.5 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the Chevrolet Spark fails its MOT
Across every Chevrolet Spark that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was brakes, accounting for 27.74% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 27.74% | 4,067 |
| Suspension | 22.78% | 3,339 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 21.83% | 3,200 |
| Tyres | 8.9% | 1,304 |
| Visibility | 6.41% | 939 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5.53% | 810 |
How the Chevrolet Spark compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Chevrolet Spark sits 590th of 651 models in this data , and 3rd of the 8 Chevrolet models covered . Chevrolet as a whole averaged 62.07%, so this model runs 2.4 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Chevrolet Spark
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Chevrolet Spark came to its 2025 test at 70,369 miles and 13.3 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Chevrolet Spark
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Chevrolet models
- Chevrolet Matiz 58.41% pass rate · 8,111 tests
- Chevrolet Aveo 58.34% pass rate · 7,366 tests
- Chevrolet Captiva 61.18% pass rate · 4,737 tests
- Chevrolet Cruze 67.95% pass rate · 4,374 tests
- Chevrolet Orlando 68.22% pass rate · 3,392 tests
- Chevrolet Kalos 55.51% pass rate · 1,850 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Vauxhall Vivaro 64.44% pass rate
- Renault Trafic 64.42% pass rate
- Fiat Punto 63.87% pass rate
- Volkswagen Beetle 64.47% pass rate
- Nissan NV200 64.79% pass rate
- Volvo C30 65.18% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.