58.3%
Vauxhall Vivaro
Vauxhall Vivaro MOT pass rate and common problems
The Vauxhall Vivaro passed 58.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 14 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was track rod end ball joint has excessive play.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Vivaro 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 Vivaro runs 7.5 points behind the Vauxhall average. It is 15th of the 20 Vauxhall models in the data. The average Vivaro arrived at its test 10.5 years old with 113,507 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.
Vivaro MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Vauxhall Vivaro cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 74.3% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 47.7%, a drop of 26.6 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 31,070 | 74.3% | 2 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 73,578 | 60% | 12.3 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 71,137 | 47.7% | 24.6 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 Vivaro failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Vauxhall Vivaro cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 47.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Vivaro MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Vauxhall Vivaro cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Vauxhall Vivaro cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Vivaro
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken and linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn. 12% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 10.1% of failure items.
3
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 8.1% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 3.4% of failure items.
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Vauxhall Vivaro MOT FAQs
What is the Vauxhall Vivaro MOT pass rate?
58.3% of Vauxhall Vivaro cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 183,797 tests. That is 14 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 509th of 575 models.
What does a Vauxhall Vivaro most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Vauxhall Vivaro cars failing their 2025 MOT was track rod end ball joint has excessive play, on 8.1% of failure items. Next were ball joint excessively worn (5.2%) and position lamp not working (4.1%).
Which area causes the most Vauxhall Vivaro MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 23.8%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 23.3%.
Do older Vauxhall Vivaro cars fail their MOT more often?
Vauxhall Vivaro cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 74.3% of MOT tests in 2025, against 47.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Vauxhall Vivaro has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Vauxhall Vivaro 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 Vivaro'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.