Vauxhall Zafira MOT pass rate and common failures

61% of Vauxhall Zafira MOTs passed first time, below the 67% for all cars at the same ages.

61%passed first time (cars its age: 67%)
2.1mVauxhall Zafira MOTs counted since May 2018
6,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Vauxhall Zafiras against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	Zafira	All cars	MOTs
2018	79%	83%	30k
2017	79%	83%	86k
2016	77%	80%	96k
2015	76%	78%	126k
2014	71%	74%	239k
2013	68%	71%	248k
2012	64%	68%	150k
2011	60%	66%	125k
2010	57%	63%	173k
2009	54%	61%	106k
2008	52%	59%	176k
2007	51%	58%	165k
2006	50%	56%	128k
2005	47%	55%	89k
2004	48%	54%	80k
2003	47%	54%	48k
2002	47%	55%	31k
2001	48%	56%	15k
2000	45%	58%	6k

Compare two years of the Zafira, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Vauxhall Zafira MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Coil spring fractured or brokenOther cars its age: 2.96.1
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.83.7
Engine warning light on or not workingOther cars its age: 1.13.6
Brake pads less than 1.5mm thickOther cars its age: 2.03.5
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 2.93.1
Exhaust has a major leakOther cars its age: 1.02.5
Tyre has ply or cords exposedOther cars its age: 1.42.5
Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 2.52.4

Out of every 100 Vauxhall Zafira MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Oil leak, but not excessiveAdvisory. Other cars its age: 5.812.1
Exhaust has a minor leakAdvisory. Other cars its age: 2.36.6
Engine warning light on or not workingFail. Other cars its age: 1.13.6
Exhaust has a major leakFail. Other cars its age: 1.02.5
Swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush slightly wornAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.42.2
Swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively wornFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.8

Out of every 100 Vauxhall Zafira MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 6,500 at 3 years old, 3,500 at 20. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Vauxhall Zafiras in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Vauxhall Zafira's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.