Pass rate
Above average — 0.4 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 45,360 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£143
Pass rate
Above average — 0.4 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 45,360 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£143
Most common fault
Brakes
36.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
0.8 pts down across model years — 3.0% in 2017, 2.2% in 2022.
Which year to buy
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 8.5 points. See every year →
The 2019 Vauxhall Crossland MOT pass rate is 89.1% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 36.8% of what testers record.
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Crossland does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes make up 36.8% of everything recorded on the 2019 Vauxhall Crossland, against 20.9% nationally — 15.9 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
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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Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 0.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.9%. The median 2019 Vauxhall Crossland in this dataset had covered 31,559 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 94% of tests, with a 89.3% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.2% of the time, April–September 89.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 1.31% of tests.
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (94% of tests).
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 9,299 | 84.0% |
| South East | 6,345 | 91.6% |
| North West | 6,088 | 90.5% |
| West Midlands | 4,080 | 90.4% |
| Yorkshire | 3,908 | 88.6% |
| East of England | 3,711 | 91.5% |
| South West | 3,447 | 90.5% |
| North East | 2,700 | 89.5% |
| East Midlands | 2,609 | 89.4% |
| Wales | 1,940 | 89.6% |
| London | 1,229 | 93.2% |
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.
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
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.
Check the brakes 1.2% 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.
Check the exhaust and emissions 1.0% of tests
“exhaust system system insecure”
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.
Check the tyre tread 0.9% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £52–£143 — and 5% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 45,360 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 →
6 model years on record, from 2017 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 83.2% to 91.7% — a spread of 8.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
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.
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Closest pass rates among 2019 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.
Shares of the 46,641 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 17,229 | 36.80% | 20.89% | +15.91 |
| Tyres | 15,476 | 33.10% | 19.76% | +13.34 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5,059 | 10.80% | 5.57% | +5.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 2,885 | 6.20% | 4.18% | +2.02 |
| Suspension | 1,429 | 3.10% | 20.98% | −17.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,386 | 3.00% | 12.21% | −9.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,360 | 2.90% | 5.52% | −2.62 |
| Visibility | 1,235 | 2.60% | 4.97% | −2.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 475 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
| Steering | 107 | 0.20% | 2.57% | −2.37 |
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.3% | £80–250 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.0% | £80–250 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.0% | £45–120 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.94% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.86% | £80–200 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 0.49% | £5–15 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.41% | £60–250 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.8% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.2% | £45–120 |
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 20,935 | 92.2% | 20,176 mi |
| 30-60k | 21,355 | 87.2% | 41,426 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,801 | 82.7% | 69,357 mi |
| 90-120k | 233 | 79.4% | 99,268 mi |
| 120k+ | 35 | 82.9% | 141,463 mi |
Source: 45,360 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.
89.1% of the 45,360 2019 Vauxhall Crossland tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 87.9%.
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.31%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.19%), brake discs significantly and obviously worn (1.17%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.2% of the time, falling to 82.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Vauxhall Crossland in this dataset had covered 31,559 mi.
Petrol: 89.3% pass rate across 42,534 tests. Diesel: 86.8% pass rate across 2,826 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.