53.3%
Vauxhall Antara pass rate
Used Vauxhall Antara buying guide
In 2025, Vauxhall Antara cars passed 53.3% of 18,445 initial MOT tests, 19 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Vauxhall Antara MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−19
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Antara sits 552nd of 575 models in the data. Vauxhall as a brand averaged 65.8%, so this model runs 12.5 points behind its own brand. Vauxhall Antara cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 54.6% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 52.9%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Vauxhall Antara MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Antara compares with similar cars.
Antara fuel types
Diesel made up 98.4% of Vauxhall Antara MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Antara fails its MOT
Where Vauxhall Antara cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were position lamp not working (8.8%), stop lamp not working (7%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (6.9%). See every common Antara MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Vauxhall Antara that failed, not a claim that every Antara has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Antara?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 34.3% of Antara failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 20.6% of Antara failure items.
3
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 16.2% of Antara failure items.
4
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 8.6% of Antara failure items.
5
Noise, emissions and leaks
Listen for a blowing exhaust, watch for smoke on start-up and look under the car for oil or fluid leaks. 6.1% of Antara failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Vauxhall Antara failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Vauxhall models
The most-tested Vauxhall models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Antara.
Used Vauxhall Antara FAQs
Is the Vauxhall Antara reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 53.3% first-time pass rate for the Vauxhall Antara across 18,445 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Vauxhall Antara cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Antara cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 54.6% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 52.9%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Vauxhall Antara?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Vauxhall Antara's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.