Pass rate
72.2%
Below average — 2.5 pts behind the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 26,539 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£79
2010 Vauxhall Combo MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 104,201 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
3.4 pts down across model years — 4.3% in 2002, 0.9% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 88.1% pass
- Avoid 2001 65.7% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 22.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 63.2%
- Typical mileage
- 104k mi
The 2010 Vauxhall Combo MOT pass rate is 72.2% of its MOT tests — 2.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Combo does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 13.3% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 33% 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 2010 Vauxhall Combo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 2.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 63.2%. The median 2010 Vauxhall Combo in this dataset had covered 104,201 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 99% of tests, with a 72.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.8% of the time, April–September 72.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.02% of tests.
- 26,539 recorded tests behind this page.
- 72.2% overall pass rate, 63.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Combo, the average is 75.7% — best year 2023 (88.1%), worst 2001 (65.7%).
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
- 26,539
- Typical mileage (median)
- 104,201 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Combo
- 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 Combo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (99% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Combo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 4,100 | 75.9% |
| Yorkshire | 3,708 | 74.6% |
| North West | 3,366 | 72.7% |
| East of England | 3,058 | 72.4% |
| South West | 2,801 | 71.5% |
| Scotland | 2,385 | 66.2% |
| West Midlands | 2,254 | 73.3% |
| East Midlands | 1,962 | 69.0% |
| Wales | 1,540 | 69.4% |
| North East | 1,177 | 69.8% |
| London | 188 | 81.4% |
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 Combo
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 Combo
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 8.0% 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.
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Check the windscreen 7.2% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the coil springs 6.4% 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.
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 Combo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£79 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£79
- 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
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 26,539 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 Combo, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 65.7% to 88.1% — a spread of 22.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 67.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 65.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 66.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 65.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 66.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 67.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2006 66.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 67.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 68.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 68.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 72.2%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 74.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 70.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 71.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 73.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 74.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 75.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 76.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 79.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 83.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 83.1% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 84.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 84.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 88.1% wipers does not clear the…
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 Vauxhall Combo 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
- Volvo V50 72.2%
- Toyota Hilux 72.2%
- Citroen Nemo 72.2%
- Volkswagen Beetle 72.2%
- Suzuki Splash 72.2%
- Kia Rio 72.3%
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 Vauxhall Combo 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 78,162 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 18,100 | 22.80% | 20.98% | +1.82 |
| Brakes | 14,349 | 18.10% | 20.89% | −2.79 |
| Tyres | 10,524 | 13.30% | 19.76% | −6.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9,598 | 12.10% | 12.21% | −0.11 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5,415 | 6.80% | 5.57% | +1.23 |
| Visibility | 5,396 | 6.80% | 4.97% | +1.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 4,962 | 6.30% | 4.18% | +2.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4,603 | 5.80% | 5.52% | +0.28 |
| Steering | 3,921 | 4.90% | 2.57% | +2.33 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1,294 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
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 | 8.0% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 7.2% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.4% | £25–65 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.7% | £60–140 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.5% | £8–22 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £30–75 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 21.5% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.4% | £80–180 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 14.2% | £120–300 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.5% | £200–700 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 11.6% | £30–75 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 234 | 79.1% | 23,614 mi |
| 30-60k | 3,795 | 81.7% | 49,276 mi |
| 60-90k | 6,150 | 75.7% | 74,728 mi |
| 90-120k | 5,583 | 70.0% | 104,625 mi |
| 120k+ | 10,107 | 68.2% | 159,277 mi |
Source: 26,539 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 Combo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Vauxhall Combo?
72.2% of the 26,539 2010 Vauxhall Combo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 63.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Vauxhall Combo?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.02%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.24%), coil spring fractured or broken (6.37%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Vauxhall Combo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 79.1% of the time, falling to 68.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Vauxhall Combo in this dataset had covered 104,201 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2010 Vauxhall Combo?
Diesel: 72.2% pass rate across 26,287 tests. Petrol: 73.9% pass rate across 249 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2010 Vauxhall Combo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.