Vauxhall Zafira MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 68.1% of 229,031 MOT tests on the Vauxhall Zafira ended in a pass, 8.4 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Vauxhall Zafira MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 42,505 tests | 85.7% | 33,000 · 23k to 45k |
| 59,439 tests | 82.7% | 41,000 · 31k to 55k |
| 611,772 tests | 80.8% | 49,000 · 37k to 65k |
| 713,787 tests | 78.6% | 61,000 · 47k to 79k |
| 822,077 tests | 76.4% | 71,000 · 55k to 89k |
| 930,906 tests | 73.0% | 77,000 · 59k to 99k |
| 1022,200 tests | 69.6% | 85,000 · 67k to 105k |
| 1114,469 tests | 66.9% | 93,000 · 75k to 113k |
| 1217,896 tests | 64.5% | 99,000 · 81k to 119k |
| 1315,119 tests | 61.8% | 101,000 · 83k to 121k |
| 1414,306 tests | 58.8% | 105,000 · 85k to 125k |
| 1517,200 tests | 58.6% | 109,000 · 91k to 129k |
| 1612,905 tests | 57.5% | 111,000 · 91k to 131k |
| 178,320 tests | 59.4% | 113,000 · 93k to 135k |
| 186,672 tests | 58.2% | 113,000 · 91k to 135k |
| 194,425 tests | 58.0% | 113,000 · 91k to 137k |
| 202,648 tests | 58.8% | 115,000 · 93k to 139k |
| 211,491 tests | 61.7% | 117,000 · 91k to 141k |
| 22641 tests | 56.6% | 119,000 · 93k to 145k |
| 23213 tests | 55.9% | 115,000 · 95k to 143k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Vauxhall Zafira. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used Zafira
The parts that come up most often in Vauxhall Zafira MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Exhaust and emissionsStart the engine from cold and listen for blowing or rattling from the exhaust, and look for smoke.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
Check a specific Zafira
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Other Vauxhall models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Vauxhall models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.