83.7%
Vauxhall Grandland
Vauxhall Grandland MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Grandland passed 83.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11.4 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Grandland 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 Grandland runs 18 points ahead of the Vauxhall average. It is 2nd of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Grandland arrived at its test 5.4 years old with 42,924 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.
Grandland MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Vauxhall Grandland cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 78%, a drop of 8.2 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 45,045 | 86.2% | 13.9 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 24,196 | 78% | 5.7 pts above |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Grandland failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Grandland cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 47.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Grandland MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Grandland cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 54.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Grandland cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Grandland
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and condition has ply or cords exposed. 25.1% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp not working on dipped beam, stop lamp not working and headlamp aim too low. 11.2% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 8.4% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 6.6% of failure items.
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Vauxhall Grandland MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Grandland MOT pass rate?
83.7% of Vauxhall Grandland cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 75,419 tests. That is 11.4 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 144th of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Grandland most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Grandland cars failing their 2025 MOT was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, on 16.2% of failure items. Next were brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (8.4%) and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (5.9%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Grandland MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 28.7%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 19.1%.
Do older Vauxhall Grandland cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Grandland cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.2% of MOT tests in 2025, against 78% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Grandland has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Grandland 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 Grandland'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.