Vauxhall Corsa MOT Reliability & Buying Guide

64.6%

MOT pass rate

Supermini

Segment

Petrol, electric

Fuel types available

Source: DS Auto Labs analysis of DVSA's anonymised 2025 MOT test results (Open Government Licence v3.0): 897,413 first-time tests of Vauxhall Corsa cars of all ages (test class 4, cars and light vans). A pass means a clean first-time pass; a car that failed and was repaired at the test station before passing counts as not passed, and aborted tests are excluded. Age is the car's age at the 2025 test.

What to know

In 2025, Vauxhall Corsa cars passed their MOT first time 64.6% of the time, across 897,413 tests. That is 1.1 points below Vauxhall's overall brand average of 65.7% and 7.8 points below the national average of 72.4%.

Age explains much of the difference between models. Pass rates fall steeply as cars get older, for every make, so a model with many old cars on the road looks worse than it is, and a recent model looks better. This compares the Vauxhall Corsa with the typical UK car of the same age.

MOT pass rate by vehicle age, 2025 first-time tests
Car age	Vauxhall Corsa	All UK cars	Tests
3-5 years	84.3%	87.2%	122,263
6-9 years	71.5%	79.3%	232,916
10-13 years	59.5%	67.9%	295,818
14+ years	54.2%	59.3%	244,824

Allowing for the age mix of the cars tested, a typical UK car would be expected to pass about 71.2% of the time. The Vauxhall Corsa passed at 64.6%, which is 6.6 points below that expected rate.

A model average says little about one particular car, so check its own MOT history for repeated advisories, past failures and mileage.

Check a specific Corsa's MOT history, tax status, and advisories by registration number.

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See how the Vauxhall range compares overall, with model-by-model pass rates.

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