Pass rate
81.0%
Around average — 8.0 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 232 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£114
2007 General Motors Cadillac MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 82,428 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
26.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 81.2% pass
- Avoid 2010 74.0% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 7.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.5%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2007 General Motors Cadillac MOT pass rate is 81.0% of its MOT tests — 8.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how General Motors Cadillac does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.1× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 11.7% of everything recorded on the 2007 General Motors Cadillac, against 5.5% nationally — 6.2 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.8%, 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.
- 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 73.0% and this one manages 81.0% — 8.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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 2007 General Motors Cadillac compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 8.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.5%. The median 2007 General Motors Cadillac in this dataset had covered 82,428 mi.
64% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 81.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.7% of the time, April–September 81.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 3.02% of tests.
- 232 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.0% overall pass rate, 78.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the General Motors Cadillac, the average is 79.8% — best year 2006 (81.2%), worst 2010 (74.0%).
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
- 232
- Typical mileage (median)
- 82,428 mi
- Make and model
- General Motors Cadillac
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Cadillac MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (64% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Cadillac
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 58 | 84.5% |
| North West | 28 | 78.6% |
| East of England | 27 | 70.4% |
| Yorkshire | 26 | 76.9% |
| East Midlands | 21 | 90.5% |
| London | 19 | 73.7% |
| South West | 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 2007 Cadillac
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 2007 Cadillac
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 suspension joints 3.0% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely 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 battery 3.0% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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Check the lights 3.0% 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.
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 2007 Cadillac through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£114 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£114
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 232 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 Cadillac, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2006 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.0% to 81.2% — a spread of 7.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 81.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 81.0%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 78.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 80.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 74.0% 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 2007 General Motors Cadillac 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar Xk 81.0%
- Jaguar Xkr 80.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 80.9%
- Nissan 350 Z 81.1%
- BMW 530 80.8%
- BMW Z4 80.7%
Closest pass rates among 2007 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 2007 General Motors Cadillac 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 482 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 | 131 | 26.80% | 20.89% | +5.91 |
| Suspension | 104 | 21.30% | 20.98% | +0.32 |
| Tyres | 59 | 12.10% | 19.76% | −7.66 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 57 | 11.70% | 5.52% | +6.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 54 | 11.00% | 12.21% | −1.21 |
| Visibility | 21 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 20 | 4.10% | 5.57% | −1.47 |
| Steering | 20 | 4.10% | 2.57% | +1.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 1.80% | 4.18% | −2.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 7 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £60–140 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £60–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.6% | £45–110 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Rectified | 2.2% | £3–12 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.7% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.7% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.7% | £3–12 |
| Pre 01/07/2008 turbo emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.7% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.7% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.8% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.1% | £80–180 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.6% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 44 | 81.8% | 47,469 mi |
| 60-90k | 84 | 83.3% | 73,147 mi |
| 90-120k | 77 | 76.6% | 103,272 mi |
| 120k+ | 27 | 85.2% | 148,930 mi |
Source: 232 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.
2007 Cadillac MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 General Motors Cadillac?
81.0% of the 232 2007 General Motors Cadillac tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 78.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 General Motors Cadillac?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.02%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (3.02%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.02%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 General Motors Cadillac MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 81.8% of the time, falling to 85.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 General Motors Cadillac in this dataset had covered 82,428 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2007 General Motors Cadillac?
Petrol: 81.1% pass rate across 148 tests. Diesel: 80.0% pass rate across 80 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2007 General Motors Cadillac MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.