Pass rate
80.9%
Around average — 2.3 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,800 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£70
2013 Vauxhall Cascada MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 70,807 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
26.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 84.9% pass
- Avoid 2013 80.9% pass · this year
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.9%
- Typical mileage
- 71k mi
The 2013 Vauxhall Cascada MOT pass rate is 80.9% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Cascada does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.3× the national share
Tyres make up 26.5% of everything recorded on the 2013 Vauxhall Cascada, against 19.8% nationally — 6.7 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 26% 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 2013 Vauxhall Cascada compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 2.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.9%. The median 2013 Vauxhall Cascada in this dataset had covered 70,807 mi.
60% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 79.5% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.7% of the time, April–September 81.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 6.75% of tests.
- 2,800 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.9% overall pass rate, 76.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Cascada, the average is 82.3% — best year 2018 (84.9%), worst 2013 (80.9%).
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
- 2,800
- Typical mileage (median)
- 70,807 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Cascada
- 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 Cascada MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (60% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Cascada
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 534 | 80.3% |
| West Midlands | 400 | 81.8% |
| East of England | 386 | 82.4% |
| South West | 315 | 78.7% |
| North West | 305 | 80.3% |
| Yorkshire | 255 | 80.4% |
| East Midlands | 233 | 82.0% |
| Scotland | 122 | 76.2% |
| North East | 102 | 83.3% |
| Wales | 86 | 77.9% |
| London | 62 | 90.3% |
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 2013 Cascada
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 Cascada
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 6.8% 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 2.1% 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 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 Cascada through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£70 — and 26% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£70
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 26%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,800 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 Cascada, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2013 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.9% to 84.9% — a spread of 4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 80.9%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 81.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 82.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2016 83.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 84.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 84.9% 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 Vauxhall Cascada 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 C1 80.9%
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class 81.0%
- Suzuki Alto 81.1%
- BMW 114 81.1%
- Volvo V70 81.1%
- Volkswagen Tiguan 80.7%
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 Vauxhall Cascada 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 3,860 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 1,030 | 26.50% | 19.76% | +6.74 |
| Brakes | 1,016 | 26.20% | 20.89% | +5.31 |
| Suspension | 651 | 16.80% | 20.98% | −4.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 320 | 8.20% | 12.21% | −4.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 314 | 8.10% | 5.52% | +2.58 |
| Non-component advisories | 169 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
| Visibility | 164 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 109 | 2.80% | 5.57% | −2.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 68 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
| Road Wheels | 19 | 0.50% | 0.75% | −0.25 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.8% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.1% | £5–20 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.89% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.89% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.4% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.9% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 8.6% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.1% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.1% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 125 | 92.0% | 24,366 mi |
| 30-60k | 853 | 83.2% | 46,837 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,081 | 79.7% | 74,013 mi |
| 90-120k | 525 | 77.5% | 102,699 mi |
| 120k+ | 212 | 78.8% | 137,790 mi |
Source: 2,800 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 Cascada MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Vauxhall Cascada?
80.9% of the 2,800 2013 Vauxhall Cascada tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 76.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Vauxhall Cascada?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (6.75%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.14%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Vauxhall Cascada MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.0% of the time, falling to 78.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Vauxhall Cascada in this dataset had covered 70,807 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Vauxhall Cascada?
Diesel: 79.5% pass rate across 1,683 tests. Petrol: 82.9% pass rate across 1,117 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Vauxhall Cascada MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.