67.4%
Vauxhall Insignia pass rate
Used Vauxhall Insignia buying guide
In 2025, Vauxhall Insignia cars passed 67.4% of 181,155 initial MOT tests, 4.9 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Vauxhall Insignia MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−4.9
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Insignia sits 396th of 575 models in the data. Vauxhall as a brand averaged 65.8%, so this model runs 1.7 points ahead of its own brand. Vauxhall Insignia cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82.8% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 62.4%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Vauxhall Insignia MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Insignia compares with similar cars.
Insignia fuel types
Diesel made up 82% of Vauxhall Insignia MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Insignia fails its MOT
Where Vauxhall Insignia cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were coil spring fractured or broken (9.8%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (7.3%) and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (5.7%). See every common Insignia MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Vauxhall Insignia that failed, not a claim that every Insignia has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Insignia?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 24.2% of Insignia failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 24.2% of Insignia failure items.
3
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. 17.1% of Insignia failure items.
4
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. 14% of Insignia failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 6.7% of Insignia failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
Insignia vs similar cars
Head-to-head comparisons on the same 2025 DVSA data.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Vauxhall Insignia failures cluster around suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Vauxhall models
The most-tested Vauxhall models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Insignia.
Used Vauxhall Insignia FAQs
Is the Vauxhall Insignia 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 67.4% first-time pass rate for the Vauxhall Insignia across 181,155 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Vauxhall Insignia cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Insignia cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82.8% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 62.4%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Vauxhall Insignia?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Vauxhall Insignia'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.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.