Vauxhall Antara MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Vauxhall Antara MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Vauxhall Antara passed on its first attempt in 64.2%, and its overall record sits −8.3 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Vauxhall Antara in the 2023–2025 data: 79,960 tests across 10 model years (2007–2016). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Vauxhall Antara MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Vauxhall Antara, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Vauxhall Antara's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Vauxhall Antara DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Vauxhall Antara, each with how many of the model's 79,960 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 7,907 Vauxhall Antara tests, 9.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 4,919 Vauxhall Antara tests, 6.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Stop lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 4,195 Vauxhall Antara tests, 5.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 3,124 Vauxhall Antara tests, 3.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Coil spring fractured or broken" (Major) — noted on about 2,771 Vauxhall Antara tests, 3.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Reversing lamps inoperative" (Major) — noted on about 2,211 Vauxhall Antara tests, 2.8% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Vauxhall Antara Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Vauxhall Antara model year on record is 2016 (76.2% across 3,071 tests), and the weakest is 2007 (68.2%). The gap between them is 8.0 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Vauxhall Antara reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.1 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Vauxhall Antara Owners

These checks follow this Vauxhall Antara's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Vauxhall Antara.

• the lights — “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.

• the suspension joints — “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.

• the coil springs — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Vauxhall Antara. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Vauxhall Antara MOT & Reliability