Pass rate
71.0%
Below average — 3.7 pts behind the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 787 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£71
2010 Chevrolet Lacetti MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 74,869 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
24.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2010 71.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2005 65.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 5.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 61.9%
- Typical mileage
- 75k mi
The 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti MOT pass rate is 71.0% of its MOT tests — 3.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Chevrolet Lacetti does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.3× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 12.7% of everything recorded on the 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti, against 5.5% nationally — 7.2 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 24.8%, 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 74.7%; this one manages 71.0% — 3.7 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 57% 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 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 3.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 61.9%. The median 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti in this dataset had covered 74,869 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.0% of the time, April–September 71.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.10% of tests.
- 787 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.0% overall pass rate, 61.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chevrolet Lacetti, the average is 67.8% — best year 2010 (71.0%), worst 2005 (65.2%).
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
- 787
- Typical mileage (median)
- 74,869 mi
- Make and model
- Chevrolet Lacetti
- 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 Lacetti MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Lacetti
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 234 | 72.6% |
| South West | 121 | 66.1% |
| East of England | 96 | 79.2% |
| West Midlands | 76 | 75.0% |
| East Midlands | 65 | 67.7% |
| North West | 56 | 67.9% |
| Yorkshire | 45 | 64.4% |
| Scotland | 33 | 60.6% |
| London | 33 | 81.8% |
| Wales | 24 | 62.5% |
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 2010 Lacetti
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 2010 Lacetti
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 6.1% 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 4.8% of tests
“ball joint 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 wipers and washers 3.0% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2010 Lacetti through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£71 — and 57% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£71
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 57%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 787 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 Lacetti, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2005 to 2011. Across them the pass rate runs from 65.2% to 71.0% — a spread of 5.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 65.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 65.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 67.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 68.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 67.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.0%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 69.2% 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 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- Renault Laguna 71.0%
- Renault Twingo 71.1%
- Isuzu Rodeo 71.1%
- Peugeot 207 70.8%
- Citroen C3 70.8%
- Kia Ceed 70.7%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti 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 2,417 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 | 613 | 24.80% | 20.89% | +3.91 |
| Suspension | 437 | 17.70% | 20.98% | −3.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 316 | 12.80% | 12.21% | +0.59 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 313 | 12.70% | 5.52% | +7.18 |
| Tyres | 269 | 10.90% | 19.76% | −8.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 145 | 5.90% | 5.57% | +0.33 |
| Visibility | 111 | 4.50% | 4.97% | −0.47 |
| Steering | 106 | 4.30% | 2.57% | +1.73 |
| Non-component advisories | 54 | 2.20% | 4.18% | −1.98 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 53 | 2.10% | 1.76% | +0.34 |
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 | 6.1% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.2% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.8% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.1% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.0% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £30–80 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £60–140 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £180–450 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
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 | 33.3% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 23.5% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.6% | £40–150 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 8.6% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 40 | 90.0% | 23,746 mi |
| 30-60k | 206 | 81.1% | 46,976 mi |
| 60-90k | 320 | 68.8% | 75,587 mi |
| 90-120k | 163 | 62.0% | 102,277 mi |
| 120k+ | 57 | 61.4% | 158,707 mi |
Source: 787 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.
2010 Lacetti MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti?
71.0% of the 787 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 61.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.10%), position lamp not working (5.21%), ball joint excessively worn (4.83%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.0% of the time, falling to 61.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti in this dataset had covered 74,869 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Chevrolet Lacetti MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.