62.7%
Vauxhall Movano
Vauxhall Movano MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Movano passed 62.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 9.6 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Movano 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 Movano runs 3.1 points behind the Vauxhall average. It is 11th of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Movano arrived at its test 12.7 years old with 116,040 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.
Movano MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Vauxhall Movano cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 74.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 55.8%, a drop of 19.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 725 | 74.9% | 2.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,630 | 67.5% | 4.8 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 2,665 | 55.8% | 16.5 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 Movano failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Movano cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 55.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Movano MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Movano cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 33.6% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Movano cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Movano
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements, service brake performance excessively binding and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 10.9% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 5.7% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working. 5.5% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 3.7% of failure items.
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Vauxhall Movano MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Movano MOT pass rate?
62.7% of Vauxhall Movano cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 5,120 tests. That is 9.6 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 463rd of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Movano most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Movano cars failing their 2025 MOT was rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements, on 5.8% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (5.5%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.7%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Movano MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 28.4%, followed by brakes at 27.1%.
Do older Vauxhall Movano cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Movano cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 74.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 55.8% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Movano has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Movano 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 Movano'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.