Pass rate
73.6%
Below average — 5.0 pts behind the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,730 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£68
2013 Chevrolet Captiva MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 89,372 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
20.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
2.4 pts down across model years — 8.3% in 2008, 5.9% in 2013.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 77.3% pass
- Avoid 2008 67.3% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 10 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 65.7%
- Typical mileage
- 89k mi
The 2013 Chevrolet Captiva MOT pass rate is 73.6% of its MOT tests — 5.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Chevrolet Captiva does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.2× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 12.3% of everything recorded on the 2013 Chevrolet Captiva, against 5.5% nationally — 6.8 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.8%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 78.6%; this one manages 73.6% — 5.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 64% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2013 Chevrolet Captiva compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 5.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 65.7%. The median 2013 Chevrolet Captiva in this dataset had covered 89,372 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.2% of the time, April–September 72.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 11.18% of tests.
- 3,730 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.6% overall pass rate, 65.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chevrolet Captiva, the average is 70.0% — best year 2014 (77.3%), worst 2008 (67.3%).
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
- 3,730
- Typical mileage (median)
- 89,372 mi
- Make and model
- Chevrolet Captiva
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Captiva MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Captiva
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 605 | 74.9% |
| North West | 533 | 73.9% |
| Scotland | 460 | 66.1% |
| East of England | 428 | 75.9% |
| Yorkshire | 389 | 74.0% |
| West Midlands | 363 | 77.4% |
| South West | 296 | 69.9% |
| East Midlands | 269 | 74.0% |
| Wales | 180 | 77.2% |
| North East | 153 | 73.2% |
| London | 54 | 77.8% |
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 2013 Captiva
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 2013 Captiva
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 11.2% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 3.7% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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 coil springs 2.4% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2013 Captiva through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£68 — and 64% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£68
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp with a multiple light source up to…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 64%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,730 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 Captiva, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2007 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.3% to 77.3% — a spread of 10 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 70.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 67.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 67.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 68.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 69.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2012 72.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 73.6%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 77.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2013 Chevrolet Captiva 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Citroen Nemo 73.6%
- Fiat Fiorino 73.5%
- Hyundai I30 73.4%
- Hyundai Veloster 73.4%
- Dacia Duster 73.8%
- Hyundai Santa Fe 73.8%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Chevrolet Captiva 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 9,986 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 | 2,101 | 20.80% | 20.98% | −0.18 |
| Brakes | 2,008 | 19.90% | 20.89% | −0.99 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,638 | 16.20% | 12.21% | +3.99 |
| Tyres | 1,476 | 14.60% | 19.76% | −5.16 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,239 | 12.30% | 5.52% | +6.78 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 428 | 4.20% | 5.57% | −1.37 |
| Non-component advisories | 382 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Visibility | 358 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Steering | 208 | 2.10% | 2.57% | −0.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 148 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 11.2% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.4% | £5–25 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.7% | £40–150 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.2% | £3–12 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.1% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.1% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 26.4% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 22.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.1% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 13.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8 | 75.0% | 21,051 mi |
| 30-60k | 415 | 78.1% | 49,809 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,483 | 74.8% | 76,982 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,371 | 72.5% | 102,792 mi |
| 120k+ | 445 | 68.5% | 135,951 mi |
Source: 3,730 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.
2013 Captiva MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Chevrolet Captiva?
73.6% of the 3,730 2013 Chevrolet Captiva tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 65.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Chevrolet Captiva?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (11.18%), headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.37%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (3.73%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Chevrolet Captiva MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 68.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Chevrolet Captiva in this dataset had covered 89,372 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 Chevrolet Captiva MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.