63.3%
Vauxhall Combo
Vauxhall Combo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Combo passed 63.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 9 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 Combo 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 Combo runs 2.5 points behind the Vauxhall average. It is 10th of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Combo arrived at its test 9.5 years old with 86,298 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.
Combo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Vauxhall Combo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 73.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 51.8%, a drop of 22 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 38,147 | 73.7% | 1.4 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 23,444 | 62.2% | 10.1 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 37,465 | 51.8% | 20.6 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 Combo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Combo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 46.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Combo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Combo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 34.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Combo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Combo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, headlamp not working on dipped beam, position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 12.5% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 7.8% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 6.7% of failure items.
4
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken. 5% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Combo has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Vauxhall Combo buying guide.
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Vauxhall Combo MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Combo MOT pass rate?
63.3% of Vauxhall Combo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 104,286 tests. That is 9 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 454th of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Combo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Combo cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 5% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Combo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 26.6%, followed by suspension at 20%.
Do older Vauxhall Combo cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Combo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 73.7% of MOT tests in 2025, against 51.8% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Combo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Combo 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 Combo'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.