Pass rate
89.6%
Above average — 1.1 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 20,450 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£115
2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin MOT pass rate
- 2020
- 2 trims combined
- typical 28,814 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
39.5% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 91.3% pass
- Avoid 2020 89.6% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.4%
- Typical mileage
- 29k mi
The 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin MOT pass rate is 89.6% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.9× the national share
Brakes make up 39.5% of everything recorded on the 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin, against 20.9% nationally — 18.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 6% 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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Every Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin first registered in 2020 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.4%. The median 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin in this dataset had covered 28,814 mi.
95% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 89.7% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.5% of the time, April–September 89.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.65% of tests.
- 20,450 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.6% overall pass rate, 88.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin, the average is 89.8% — best year 2021 (91.3%), worst 2020 (89.6%).
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
- 20,450
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,814 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Crossland X Griffin MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (95% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Crossland X Griffin
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3,241 | 85.1% |
| South East | 2,776 | 90.1% |
| North West | 2,666 | 90.1% |
| West Midlands | 2,002 | 90.6% |
| Yorkshire | 1,706 | 90.2% |
| East of England | 1,656 | 90.7% |
| North East | 1,581 | 91.1% |
| South West | 1,560 | 89.3% |
| East Midlands | 1,433 | 90.6% |
| Wales | 1,278 | 90.7% |
| London | 551 | 92.2% |
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.
What fails a 2020 Crossland X Griffin
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 2020 Crossland X Griffin
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 brakes 1.3% of tests
“brake discs significantly and obviously worn”
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.
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Check the windscreen 1.0% 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 exhaust and emissions 0.8% 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.
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 2020 Crossland X Griffin through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£115 — and 6% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£115
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 6%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 20,450 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 Crossland X Griffin, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2020 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.6% to 91.3% — a spread of 1.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 89.6%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 91.3% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
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 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Hyundai Tucson 89.6%
- BMW 320 89.6%
- Volkswagen E-Golf 89.6%
- Fiat 500 Rockstar 89.6%
- Renault Kadjar 89.5%
- Dacia Sandero 89.5%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin 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 19,107 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 | 7,578 | 39.50% | 20.89% | +18.61 |
| Tyres | 6,632 | 34.60% | 19.76% | +14.84 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,410 | 7.40% | 5.57% | +1.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,343 | 7.00% | 4.18% | +2.82 |
| Visibility | 645 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 475 | 2.50% | 5.52% | −3.02 |
| Suspension | 406 | 2.10% | 20.98% | −18.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 390 | 2.00% | 12.21% | −10.21 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 183 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 45 | 0.20% | 0.82% | −0.62 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.0% | £80–200 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.81% | £45–120 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.76% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 0.67% | £80–250 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 0.55% | £5–15 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.52% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Major | 0.38% | £60–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 18.0% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 5.1% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 10,751 | 91.1% | 19,176 mi |
| 30-60k | 8,882 | 87.9% | 41,851 mi |
| 60-90k | 784 | 87.0% | 67,329 mi |
| 90-120k | 27 | 88.9% | 96,975 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 66.7% | 127,096 mi |
Source: 20,450 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.
2020 Crossland X Griffin MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin?
89.6% of the 20,450 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 88.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.65%), brake discs significantly and obviously worn (1.32%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.10%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.1% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin in this dataset had covered 28,814 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin?
Petrol: 89.7% pass rate across 19,468 tests. Diesel: 87.4% pass rate across 982 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2020 Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.