MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Vauxhall Meriva MOT pass rate
The Vauxhall Meriva passed 67.78% of its 81,092 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 9.5 percentage points worse than average.
How the Vauxhall Meriva 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 Vauxhall Meriva grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6–10 years | 18,993 | 75.55% |
| 11 years and over | 62,099 | 65.41% |
Why the Vauxhall Meriva fails its MOT
Across every Vauxhall Meriva that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 29.19% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 29.19% | 20,355 |
| Brakes | 17.28% | 12,048 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 16.35% | 11,399 |
| Tyres | 11.51% | 8,028 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7.59% | 5,291 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6.47% | 4,512 |
How the Vauxhall Meriva compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Vauxhall Meriva sits 557th of 651 models in this data , and 13th of the 20 Vauxhall models covered . Vauxhall as a whole averaged 71.99%, so this model runs 4.2 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Vauxhall Meriva
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Vauxhall Meriva came to its 2025 test at 75,691 miles and 13.3 years old. Most examples tested were petrol, though 17.38% were diesel.
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 Vauxhall Meriva
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 Vauxhall models
- Vauxhall Corsa 71.57% pass rate · 889,399 tests
- Vauxhall Astra 72.34% pass rate · 579,871 tests
- Vauxhall Mokka 74.37% pass rate · 250,016 tests
- Vauxhall Insignia 73.17% pass rate · 179,494 tests
- Vauxhall Vivaro 64.44% pass rate · 177,943 tests
- Vauxhall Zafira 69.21% pass rate · 174,447 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Citroen C4 68.83% pass rate
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- Ford Fusion 67.91% pass rate
- Mercedes-Benz CLK 68.85% pass rate
- Suzuki Splash 67.81% pass rate
- Fiat 500L 67.67% 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.