Pass rate, every year
3,882 tests across 3 model years, 2019–2021.
+9.2 pts vs the national average
Pass rate, every year
3,882 tests across 3 model years, 2019–2021.
+9.2 pts vs the national average
Best year to buy
2021 95.3%
The strongest of the 3 years on record. See the 2021 page →
Worst year to buy
2019 89.7%
5.6 points below the 2021 peak. See the 2019 page →
The Vauxhall Grandland X Businss MOT pass rate is 90.2%, +9.2 percentage points above the UK average. That is 3,882 DVSA MOT tests recorded between 2019 and 2021. This page lists the most common Vauxhall Grandland X Businss MOT failures by category, names the best and worst model years, and finishes with a pre-MOT checklist you can run at home.
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The Vauxhall Grandland X Businss passed on its first attempt in 89.2%, and its overall record sits +9.2 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Vauxhall Grandland X Businss in the 2023–2025 data: 3,882 tests across 3 model years (2019–2021). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.
| Measure | This model |
|---|---|
| Tests analysed | 3,882 |
| Overall pass rate | 90.2% |
| Passed on first attempt | 89.2% |
| Average mileage at test | 33,572 mi |
| Model years covered | 2019–2021 (3 years) |
| Versus UK national average | +9.2 pts above |
Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.
Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Vauxhall Grandland X Businss, the Tyres section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.
| Inspection section | Share of failures |
|---|---|
| Tyres | 36% |
| Brakes | 22% |
| Body, chassis, structure | 20% |
| Visibility | 13% |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4% |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4% |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1% |
Shares are over the Vauxhall Grandland X Businss's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.
Around 36% of the recorded Vauxhall Grandland X Businss failures fall in the Tyres section of the MOT inspection manual. Testers recorded "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" (2.0%), "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" (1.2%), "Has ply or cords exposed" (0.0%) among the Vauxhall Grandland X Businss's tyres faults.
Around 22% of the recorded Vauxhall Grandland X Businss failures fall in the Brakes section of the MOT inspection manual. Testers recorded "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick" (1.3%), "Service brake performance excessively binding" (0.3%), "Brake discs significantly and obviously worn" (0.3%) among the Vauxhall Grandland X Businss's brakes faults.
Around 20% of the recorded Vauxhall Grandland X Businss failures fall in the Body, chassis, structure section of the MOT inspection manual. Testers recorded "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated" (1.3%), "Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt" (0.5%) among the Vauxhall Grandland X Businss's body, chassis, structure faults.
The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Vauxhall Grandland X Businss, each with how many of the model's 3,882 tests it was noted on.
The strongest Vauxhall Grandland X Businss model year on record is 2021 (95.3% across 106 tests), and the weakest is 2019 (89.7%). The gap between them is 5.6 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.
Vauxhall Grandland X Businss reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 2.8 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.
| Year | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 Grandland X Businss | 106 | 95.3% |
| 2020 Grandland X Businss | 2,823 | 90.2% |
| 2019 Grandland X Businss | 953 | 89.7% |
Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.
These checks follow this Vauxhall Grandland X Businss's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Vauxhall Grandland X Businss.
the tyre tread — “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.
the brakes — “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.
the windscreen — “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.
Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Vauxhall Grandland X Businss. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.
90.2% of the 3,882 recorded Vauxhall Grandland X Businss MOT tests ended in a pass, +9.2 percentage points above the national average. 89.2% of those passed on the first attempt.
2021 is the strongest Vauxhall Grandland X Businss year on record at 95.3%, while 2019 is the weakest at 89.7%. The year-by-year table below lists every model year with at least 50 recorded tests.
The most recorded Vauxhall Grandland X Businss failures are "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" and "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick" — together around 3% of tests, mostly in the Tyres section.