Pass rate
75.9%
Around average — 2.7 pts behind the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,727 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £15–£43
2013 Chevrolet Cruze MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 78,772 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
18.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 76.8% pass
- Avoid 2010 73.7% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 3.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 69.2%
- Typical mileage
- 79k mi
The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze MOT pass rate is 75.9% of its MOT tests — 2.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Chevrolet Cruze does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.5× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 13.6% of everything recorded on the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, against 5.5% nationally — 8.1 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 18.8%, but at 20.9% 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.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 65% 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 Cruze compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 2.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.2%. The median 2013 Chevrolet Cruze in this dataset had covered 78,772 mi.
72% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 76.6% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.1% of the time, April–September 75.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 7.91% of tests.
- 4,727 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.9% overall pass rate, 69.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chevrolet Cruze, the average is 75.9% — best year 2014 (76.8%), worst 2010 (73.7%).
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
- 4,727
- Typical mileage (median)
- 78,772 mi
- Make and model
- Chevrolet Cruze
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Cruze MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (72% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Cruze
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 928 | 79.5% |
| Scotland | 822 | 70.6% |
| North West | 552 | 74.6% |
| Yorkshire | 417 | 76.5% |
| East of England | 382 | 77.0% |
| East Midlands | 363 | 74.9% |
| West Midlands | 337 | 77.4% |
| South West | 322 | 72.0% |
| London | 304 | 83.2% |
| Wales | 163 | 75.5% |
| North East | 137 | 77.4% |
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 Cruze
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 Cruze
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 coil springs 7.9% 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.
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Check the lights 7.5% 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 brakes 2.0% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 Cruze through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £15–£43 — and 65% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £15–£43
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 65%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 4,727 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 Cruze, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2009 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.7% to 76.8% — a spread of 3.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 73.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 73.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 76.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 76.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 75.9%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 76.8% coil spring fractured or broken
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 Cruze 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 C3 75.9%
- Mitsubishi Outlander 76.0%
- Isuzu D-Max Yukon 76.0%
- Vauxhall Mokka 75.7%
- Kia Rio 75.7%
- Volkswagen Beetle 76.2%
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 Cruze 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 9,479 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 1,801 | 18.80% | 20.89% | −2.09 |
| Tyres | 1,786 | 18.60% | 19.76% | −1.16 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,647 | 17.20% | 12.21% | +4.99 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,305 | 13.60% | 5.52% | +8.08 |
| Suspension | 1,121 | 11.70% | 20.98% | −9.28 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 534 | 5.60% | 5.57% | +0.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 489 | 5.10% | 4.18% | +0.92 |
| Visibility | 466 | 4.90% | 4.97% | −0.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 236 | 2.50% | 1.76% | +0.74 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 94 | 1.00% | 0.82% | +0.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 7.9% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.5% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.8% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
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 | 18.0% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.9% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 91 | 84.6% | 24,190 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,014 | 79.6% | 48,682 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,977 | 76.0% | 75,013 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,106 | 73.1% | 102,260 mi |
| 120k+ | 537 | 73.2% | 146,567 mi |
Source: 4,727 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 Cruze MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze?
75.9% of the 4,727 2013 Chevrolet Cruze tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 69.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (7.91%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.45%), position lamp not working (3.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 84.6% of the time, falling to 73.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Chevrolet Cruze in this dataset had covered 78,772 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze?
Petrol: 76.6% pass rate across 3,423 tests. Diesel: 74.4% pass rate across 1,297 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.