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Vauxhall Astravan, Buying guide, MOT record and UK numbers

2,147 Vauxhall Astravans are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 55% of initial MOT tests, 17.3 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Vauxhall Astravan at the MOT

55% of 6,254 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Astravan 539th of 575 models.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Vauxhall Astravan55%
  • All Vauxhall modelsThe Astravan is 10.8 pts behind65.8%
  • All cars72.3%

Where Astravans fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Vauxhall Astravan tests in 2025.

  • Suspension24.4%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.8%
  • Brakes20.5%
  • Tyres8.1%
  • Visibility8%

The items testers recorded most often were coil spring fractured or broken (5.3%), rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (4.6%) and headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.2%).

The MOT page lists every common Astravan MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Vauxhall Astravan MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The Astravan's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.

  1. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.24.4% of Astravan failure items

  2. 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.22.8% of Astravan 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.20.5% of Astravan failure items

Vauxhall Astravans in the UK

2,147 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 89% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014
−89%from 20,005 licensed
Typical year of first use
2005half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2005 or earlier
Declared off the road
3,25860% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Vauxhall Astravans since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 201420,005
End of 201518,178
End of 201616,353
End of 201714,127
End of 201811,632
End of 20199,526
End of 20207,809
End of 20216,311
End of 20225,173
End of 20234,095
End of 20243,218
End of 20252,469
End of June 20262,147

How old they are

Licensed Vauxhall Astravans by year of first use.

A further 24 were first used before 1997.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025
200717
2006921
2005883
2004533
200370
20023
20010
20000
19990
19981
19977

Astravan engines and fuel

1.7 litre engines made up 64% of Vauxhall Astravan MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.9 litre at 22%. Diesel accounts for 98% of licensed Astravans and petrol for 1.5%.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 6,251 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 1.7 litre64.1%
  • 1.9 litre22.1%
  • 1.3 litre9.6%
  • 2.0 litre2.1%
  • 1.4 litre1.1%

Fuel type, licensed Astravans

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol321%
Diesel2,09598%
Gas200.9%

Other Vauxhall models

The most-tested Vauxhall models in 2025, against the Astravan's 55% MOT pass rate.

All 20 Vauxhall models

Vauxhall Astravan FAQs

How many Vauxhall Astravans are there in the UK?

2,147 Vauxhall Astravans were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 3,258 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Vauxhall Astravan 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 55% first-time pass rate for the Vauxhall Astravan across 6,254 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

What should I check before buying a used Vauxhall Astravan?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.

How do I check a Vauxhall Astravan'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.

Already found an Astravan?

Check its finance, write-off, theft, mileage and keeper history with a £15 vehicle history report.

Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Vauxhall history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Vauxhall VIN check.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.