64.6%
Vauxhall Corsa
Vauxhall Corsa MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Corsa passed 64.6% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 7.7 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 Corsa 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 Corsa runs 1.2 points behind the Vauxhall average. It is 9th of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Corsa arrived at its test 10.8 years old with 65,275 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.
Corsa MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Vauxhall Corsa cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 83% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 55.6%, a drop of 27.4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 131,066 | 83% | 10.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 324,518 | 66.6% | 5.7 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 412,965 | 55.6% | 16.7 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 Corsa failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Corsa cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 46.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Corsa MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Corsa cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 40.6% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Corsa cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Corsa
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak. 11.3% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: stop lamp not working, position lamp not working and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 10.3% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 6.9% of failure items.
4
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 5.4% of failure items.
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Vauxhall Corsa MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Corsa MOT pass rate?
64.6% of Vauxhall Corsa cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 897,411 tests. That is 7.7 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 440th of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Corsa most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Corsa cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 8.3% of failure items. Next were track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.4%) and stop lamp not working (4.3%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Corsa MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 25.4%, followed by suspension at 20.9%.
Do older Vauxhall Corsa cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Corsa cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 83% of MOT tests in 2025, against 55.6% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Corsa has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Corsa 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 Corsa'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.