Pass rate
90.6%
Above average — 14.7 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 106 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£69
2011 Chevrolet Camaro MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 55,954 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
20.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 96.8% pass
- Avoid 2015 83.1% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 13.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.7%
- Typical mileage
- 56k mi
The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro MOT pass rate is 90.6% of its MOT tests — 14.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Chevrolet Camaro does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with brakes
Brakes are 15.0% of this car’s recorded faults, against 20.9% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 75.9% and this one manages 90.6% — 14.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 24% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 14.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.7%. The median 2011 Chevrolet Camaro in this dataset had covered 55,954 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.5% of the time, April–September 87.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rear fog lamp missing", noted on 2.83% of tests.
- 106 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.6% overall pass rate, 89.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chevrolet Camaro, the average is 91.2% — best year 2019 (96.8%), worst 2015 (83.1%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 106
- Typical mileage (median)
- 55,954 mi
- Make and model
- Chevrolet Camaro
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Camaro MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Camaro
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 16 | 81.3% |
| East of England | 15 | 93.3% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2011 Camaro
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2011 Camaro
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 2.8% of tests
“rear fog lamp missing”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 2.8% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the tyre tread 2.8% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2011 Camaro through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£69 — and 24% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£69
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp missing
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 24%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 106 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Camaro, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2010 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 83.1% to 96.8% — a spread of 13.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 88.8% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2011 90.6%rear fog lamp missing
- 2012 91.5% rear fog lamp missing
- 2013 92.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 90.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 83.1% wipers does not clear the…
- 2016 89.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 93.2% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2018 93.4% stop lamp light intensity…
- 2019 96.8% shock absorbers has a serious…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2011 cars with a similar record
- Audi A8 90.3%
- BMW M3 90.9%
- Porsche Boxster 91.5%
- Porsche 911 93.4%
- Honda Fit 86.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.8%
Closest pass rates among 2011 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 99 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 20 | 20.00% | 20.98% | −0.98 |
| Tyres | 19 | 19.00% | 19.76% | −0.76 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 16 | 16.00% | 12.21% | +3.79 |
| Brakes | 15 | 15.00% | 20.89% | −5.89 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6 | 6.00% | 5.57% | +0.43 |
| Visibility | 6 | 6.00% | 4.97% | +1.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 6.00% | 4.18% | +1.82 |
| Steering | 6 | 6.00% | 2.57% | +3.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 3.00% | 5.52% | −2.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £3–15 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Side repeaters missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.94% | £60–250 |
| Door condition cannot be opened from inside the vehicle Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.94% | £80–250 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.4% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.7% | £120–300 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 12 | 100.0% | 22,662 mi |
| 30-60k | 45 | 91.1% | 46,090 mi |
| 60-90k | 27 | 92.6% | 73,595 mi |
| 90-120k | 9 | 100.0% | 103,761 mi |
| 120k+ | 10 | 70.0% | 141,414 mi |
Source: 106 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2011 Camaro MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro?
90.6% of the 106 2011 Chevrolet Camaro tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 89.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro?
The three most recorded items are rear fog lamp missing (2.83%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.83%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.83%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 70.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Chevrolet Camaro in this dataset had covered 55,954 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.