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Vauxhall Cascada, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls

2,601 Vauxhall Cascadas are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 73.9% of initial MOT tests, 1.6 points above the 72.3% UK average.

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Vauxhall Cascada at the MOT

73.9% of 2,763 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Cascada 282nd of 575 models. Vauxhall Cascadas aged 6 to 10 years passed 74.4% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 73.2%.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Vauxhall Cascada73.9%
  • All Vauxhall modelsThe Cascada is 8.1 pts ahead65.8%
  • All cars72.3%

Pass rate by age at test

Vauxhall Cascada tests in 2025.

  • 6 to 10 years1,695 tests74.4%
  • 11 years and over1,068 tests73.2%

Where Cascadas fail

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

  • Suspension25%
  • Tyres18.1%
  • Brakes17.5%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.7%
  • Visibility8.8%

The items testers recorded most often were coil spring fractured or broken (21.5%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (8.3%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.1%).

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

Full Vauxhall Cascada MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The Cascada'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.25% of Cascada failure items

  2. 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.18.1% of Cascada 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.17.5% of Cascada failure items

Vauxhall Cascadas in the UK

2,601 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 72% since the end of 2014, although it peaked at 2,805 at the end of 2020.

Change since 2014
+72%from 1,516 licensed
Typical year of first use
2014half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2014 or earlier
Declared off the road
1224.5% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Vauxhall Cascadas since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

Show the figures
DateLicensed
End of 20141,516
End of 20152,070
End of 20162,599
End of 20172,745
End of 20182,791
End of 20192,804
End of 20202,805
End of 20212,775
End of 20222,746
End of 20232,684
End of 20242,655
End of 20252,619
End of June 20262,601

How old they are

Licensed Vauxhall Cascadas by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year
Show the figures
First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
20184851
2017201214
2016467522
2015523596
2014655
2013724

523 Cascadas first used in 2015 were still licensed at the end of 2025, roughly 88% of the 596 first registered that year.

Cascada engines and fuel

2.0 litre engines made up 50% of Vauxhall Cascada MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.4 litre at 38%. Diesel accounts for 50% of licensed Cascadas and petrol for 50%.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 2,763 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 2.0 litre50.3%
  • 1.4 litre38.1%
  • 1.6 litre11.5%

Fuel type, licensed Cascadas

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol1,29650%
Diesel1,30550%

Vauxhall Cascada recalls

2 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Vauxhall Cascada. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Cascada is affected.

  1. Dec 2025 R/2025/511

    Vauxhall cross carline Driver's Airbag - Takata

    Cascadas built May 2012 to Aug 2018 · 949,336 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    On affected vehicles the chemicals in the Takata airbag inflators may deteriorate over time. This may cause the inflators to rupture with too much force in a crash leading to serious injury or death in a worst-case scenario.
    Remedy
    Replace the driver airbag module.

  2. Feb 2019 R/2019/059

    Software issue with hill start assist feature

    Cascadas built May 2009 to Jan 2014 · 42,603 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    The hill start hold feature exceeds the correct time specification.
    Remedy
    A Software Update to the Electronic Brake Control Module.
How to check a specific Cascada for recalls

Other Vauxhall models

The most-tested Vauxhall models in 2025, against the Cascada's 73.9% MOT pass rate.

All 20 Vauxhall models

Vauxhall Cascada FAQs

How many Vauxhall Cascadas are there in the UK?

2,601 Vauxhall Cascadas were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 122 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Vauxhall Cascada 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 73.9% first-time pass rate for the Vauxhall Cascada across 2,763 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.

Has the Vauxhall Cascada had any recalls?

2 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Vauxhall Cascada. The most recent was published in December 2025. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.

What should I check before buying a used Vauxhall Cascada?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, tyres 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 Cascada'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.

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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). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. 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.