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Vauxhall Astra
Vauxhall Astra MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Astra passed 65.8% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 6.5 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 Astra 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 Astra is level with the Vauxhall average. It is 7th of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Astra arrived at its test 12.5 years old with 88,352 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.
Astra MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Vauxhall Astra cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 59.7%, a drop of 25.2 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 26,343 | 84.9% | 12.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 211,757 | 73.1% | 0.8 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 343,499 | 59.7% | 12.6 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 Astra failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Astra cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 43.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Astra MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Astra cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 36.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Astra cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Astra
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 10.4% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working and headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect. 9.7% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 4.1% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 4% of failure items.
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Vauxhall Astra MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Astra MOT pass rate?
65.8% of Vauxhall Astra cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 584,206 tests. That is 6.5 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 416th of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Astra most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Astra cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 7.8% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1%) and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (4%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Astra MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 23.6%, followed by suspension at 20.3%.
Do older Vauxhall Astra cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Astra cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 59.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Astra has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Astra 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 Astra'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.