60.5%
Vauxhall Agila
Vauxhall Agila MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Agila passed 60.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11.8 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was ball joint excessively worn.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Agila compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
65.8%
Vauxhall average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Agila runs 5.3 points behind the Vauxhall average. It is 14th of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Agila arrived at its test 15.3 years old with 65,852 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.
Agila MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Vauxhall Agila cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 73.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 59.5%, a drop of 14.4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 2,124 | 73.9% | 1.6 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 30,622 | 59.5% | 12.8 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Agila failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Agila cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and brakes together account for 52.8% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Agila MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Agila cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 43% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Agila cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Agila
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 16.6% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded, service brake performance excessively binding and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 11.1% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working and individual direction indicators incorrect colour. 9.9% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 5.5% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Agila has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Vauxhall Agila buying guide.
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Vauxhall Agila MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Agila MOT pass rate?
60.5% of Vauxhall Agila cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 32,746 tests. That is 11.8 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 487th of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Agila most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Agila cars failing their 2025 MOT was ball joint excessively worn, on 6.9% of failure items. Next were coil spring fractured or broken (6.5%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.5%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Agila MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 30%, followed by brakes at 22.7%.
Do older Vauxhall Agila cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Agila cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 73.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 59.5% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Agila has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Agila 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 Vauxhall Agila'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.