55%
Vauxhall Astravan
Vauxhall Astravan MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Astravan passed 55% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 17.3 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 Astravan 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 Astravan runs 10.8 points behind the Vauxhall average. It is 17th of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Astravan arrived at its test 17.8 years old with 148,788 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.
Astravan MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 years and over | 6,254 | 55% | 17.3 pts below |
Every Vauxhall Astravan tested in 2025 was aged 11 years and over, so there is no other age group to compare with. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Astravan failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Astravan cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 47.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Astravan MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Astravan cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 35.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Astravan cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Astravan
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken, pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 11.6% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 7.7% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and position lamp not working. 7.5% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 2.9% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Astravan has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Vauxhall Astravan buying guide.
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Vauxhall Astravan MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Astravan MOT pass rate?
55% of Vauxhall Astravan cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 6,254 tests. That is 17.3 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 539th of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Astravan most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Astravan cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 5.3% of failure items. Next were rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (4.6%) and headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.2%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Astravan MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 24.4%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 22.8%.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Astravan has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Astravan 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 Astravan'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.