Pass rate
86.2%
Above average — 5.8 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,350 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£54
2022 Vauxhall Corsa E MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 20,912 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
50.0% 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 2021 86.3% pass
- Avoid 2020 85.4% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 0.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.2%
- Typical mileage
- 21k mi
The 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E MOT pass rate is 86.2% of its MOT tests — 5.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.5× the national share
Tyres make up 50.0% of everything recorded on the 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E, against 19.8% nationally — 30.2 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 92.0%; this one manages 86.2% — 5.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 5.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.2%. The median 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E in this dataset had covered 20,912 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.2% of the time, April–September 85.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 3.22% of tests.
- 3,350 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.2% overall pass rate, 84.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Corsa E, the average is 85.9% — best year 2021 (86.3%), worst 2020 (85.4%).
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
- 3,350
- Typical mileage (median)
- 20,912 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Corsa E
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Corsa E MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Vauxhall Corsa E is most common
Across all Corsa E model years on record (2020–2022): 15,360 Vauxhall Corsa E cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 24,357 tests. Northampton (NN) has the most, with 518 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northampton (NN) | 518 | 81.9% |
| 2 | Doncaster (DN) | 362 | 86.2% |
| 3 | Glasgow (G) | 359 | 81.6% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 357 | 87.6% |
| 5 | Derby (DE) | 333 | 87.1% |
| 6 | Edinburgh (EH) | 326 | 81.9% |
| 7 | Birmingham (B) | 314 | 84.8% |
| 8 | Peterborough (PE) | 305 | 83.6% |
| 9 | Bristol (BS) | 286 | 84.7% |
| 10 | Nottingham (NG) | 281 | 87.9% |
| 11 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 280 | 83.2% |
| 12 | Reading (RG) | 276 | 87.3% |
| 13 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 275 | 88.4% |
| 14 | Coventry (CV) | 272 | 88.1% |
| 15 | Leicester (LE) | 265 | 89.0% |
| 16 | London (SE) | 253 | 92.1% |
| 17 | Oxford (OX) | 247 | 82.8% |
| 18 | Guildford (GU) | 245 | 86.4% |
| 19 | Southampton (SO) | 214 | 85.4% |
| 20 | Ashford (TN) | 202 | 84.2% |
The twenty areas with the most Vauxhall Corsa E cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Corsa E
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 637 | 84.8% |
| Scotland | 498 | 80.3% |
| North West | 382 | 88.0% |
| Yorkshire | 330 | 88.8% |
| East of England | 330 | 85.8% |
| East Midlands | 295 | 88.5% |
| West Midlands | 288 | 89.9% |
| South West | 262 | 85.5% |
| North East | 127 | 89.8% |
| London | 103 | 90.3% |
| Wales | 98 | 86.7% |
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 2022 Corsa E
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 2022 Corsa E
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 wipers and washers 3.2% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the lights 1.6% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 1.6% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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.
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 2022 Corsa E through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£54 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£54
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,350 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 Corsa E, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 85.4% to 86.3% — a spread of 0.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 85.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 86.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 86.2%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 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Eqc 85.9%
- BMW X5 XDRIVE45E 85.9%
- BMW 330E 86.9%
- Tesla Model Y 87.0%
- Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 85.3%
- Toyota Hilux 87.6%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E 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 2,750 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 | 1,378 | 50.00% | 19.76% | +30.24 |
| Brakes | 375 | 13.60% | 20.89% | −7.29 |
| Suspension | 307 | 11.10% | 20.98% | −9.88 |
| Visibility | 294 | 10.70% | 4.97% | +5.73 |
| Non-component advisories | 180 | 6.50% | 4.18% | +2.32 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 119 | 4.30% | 12.21% | −7.91 |
| Road Wheels | 72 | 2.60% | 0.75% | +1.85 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 11 | 0.40% | 1.76% | −1.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 0.10% | 5.52% | −5.42 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.8% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £30–80 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.0% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.99% | £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 | 17.7% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,552 | 88.2% | 17,592 mi |
| 30-60k | 745 | 79.7% | 39,296 mi |
| 60-90k | 50 | 80.0% | 69,467 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 114,103 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 124,198 mi |
Source: 3,350 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.
2022 Corsa E MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E?
86.2% of the 3,350 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 84.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.22%), wipers blade defective (2.84%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.63%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.2% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E in this dataset had covered 20,912 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 Vauxhall Corsa E MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.