Pass rate
92.6%
Above average — 10.5 pts ahead of the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 54 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£81
2015 General Motors Chevrolet MOT pass rate
- 2015
- typical 24,344 mi
Only 54 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
21.9% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2015 92.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2000 88.3% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 4.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.3%
- Typical mileage
- 24k mi
The 2015 General Motors Chevrolet MOT pass rate is 92.6% of its MOT tests — 10.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.9% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.8× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 21.9% of everything recorded on the 2015 General Motors Chevrolet, against 12.2% nationally — 9.7 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 82.1% and this one manages 92.6% — 10.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 54 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2015 General Motors Chevrolet compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 10.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.3%. The median 2015 General Motors Chevrolet in this dataset had covered 24,344 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Hand lever not releasing correctly", noted on 3.70% of tests.
- 54 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.6% overall pass rate, 92.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the General Motors Chevrolet, the average is 90.8% — best year 2015 (92.6%), worst 2000 (88.3%).
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
- 54
- Typical mileage (median)
- 24,344 mi
- Make and model
- General Motors Chevrolet
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Chevrolet MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Chevrolet
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2015 Chevrolet
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 2015 Chevrolet
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 steering 1.9% of tests
“attachment bracket and mounting attachment bracket/mounting insecure”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 1.9% of tests
“catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 1.9% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2015 Chevrolet through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£81 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£81
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 54 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 Chevrolet, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2000 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.3% to 92.6% — a spread of 4.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 88.3% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2015 92.6%hand lever not releasing correctly
- 2017 92.0% fixing missing
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 2015 General Motors Chevrolet 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 2015 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2015 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 2015 General Motors Chevrolet 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7 | 21.90% | 12.21% | +9.69 |
| Suspension | 6 | 18.80% | 20.98% | −2.18 |
| Brakes | 6 | 18.80% | 20.89% | −2.09 |
| Tyres | 6 | 18.80% | 19.76% | −0.96 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 9.40% | 4.18% | +5.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 3.10% | 5.57% | −2.47 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 3.10% | 5.52% | −2.42 |
| Visibility | 1 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand lever not releasing correctly Brakes | Minor | 3.7% | £45–110 |
| Attachment bracket and mounting attachment bracket/mounting insecure Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £40–150 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.9% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Individual direction indicators not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £3–12 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.9% | £20–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.7% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.7% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance grabbing severely Brakes | Advisory | 3.7% | £60–150 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 3.7% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 97.3% | 17,725 mi |
| 30-60k | 10 | 80.0% | 44,059 mi |
| 60-90k | 5 | 80.0% | 68,737 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 94,664 mi |
Source: 54 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.
2015 Chevrolet MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 General Motors Chevrolet?
92.6% of the 54 2015 General Motors Chevrolet tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 82.1% for cars first used in 2015. First-attempt pass rate: 92.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2015 General Motors Chevrolet?
The three most recorded items are hand lever not releasing correctly (3.70%), attachment bracket and mounting attachment bracket/mounting insecure (1.85%), catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (1.85%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 General Motors Chevrolet MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 General Motors Chevrolet in this dataset had covered 24,344 mi.