69.2%
Vauxhall Mokka
Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Mokka passed 69.2% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 3.1 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.
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How the Mokka 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 Mokka runs 3.5 points ahead of the Vauxhall average. It is 5th of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Mokka arrived at its test 8.1 years old with 56,813 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.
Mokka MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Vauxhall Mokka cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82.3% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 61.9%, a drop of 20.4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 32,777 | 82.3% | 10 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 178,147 | 65.7% | 6.6 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 24,995 | 61.9% | 10.4 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 Mokka failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Mokka cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 49.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Mokka MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Mokka cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 56.3% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Mokka cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Mokka
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, coil spring fractured or broken and ball joint excessively worn. 27.6% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 7.3% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 6.1% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working. 4.5% of failure items.
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Vauxhall Mokka MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate?
69.2% of Vauxhall Mokka cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 254,046 tests. That is 3.1 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 360th of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Mokka most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Mokka cars failing their 2025 MOT was ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 15.3% of failure items. Next were coil spring fractured or broken (8.7%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (6.1%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Mokka MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 32.4%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 17.5%.
Do older Vauxhall Mokka cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Mokka cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82.3% of MOT tests in 2025, against 61.9% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Mokka has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Mokka 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 Mokka'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.