Pass rate
79.6%
Around average — 3.7 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 113 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£47
2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 139,708 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 79.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2010 79.2% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.6%
- Typical mileage
- 140k mi
The 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti MOT pass rate is 79.6% of its MOT tests — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.1% of everything recorded on the 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti, against 12.2% nationally — 6.9 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.7%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 75.9% and this one manages 79.6% — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 113 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.6%. The median 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti in this dataset had covered 139,708 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.3% of the time, April–September 81.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 8.85% of tests.
- 113 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.6% overall pass rate, 76.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti, the average is 79.4% — best year 2011 (79.6%), worst 2010 (79.2%).
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
- 113
- Typical mileage (median)
- 139,708 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Insig Elitenav Cdti MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Insig Elitenav Cdti
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 28 | 82.1% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 66.7% |
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 2011 Insig Elitenav Cdti
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 2011 Insig Elitenav Cdti
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 coil springs 8.8% 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.
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Check the lights 6.2% 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 suspension joints 4.4% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 2011 Insig Elitenav Cdti through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£47 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£47
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: battery(ies) insecure
- £60–£140
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 113 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 Insig Elitenav Cdti, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2010 to 2011. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.2% to 79.6% — a spread of 0.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 79.2% headlamp not working on main beam
- 2011 79.6%coil spring fractured or broken
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 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- BMW X1 79.6%
- Land Rover Defender 79.6%
- Nissan Pixo 79.6%
- Volvo XC60 79.5%
- Audi A4 79.7%
- BMW 116 79.7%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti 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 215 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 | 51 | 23.70% | 20.98% | +2.72 |
| Brakes | 44 | 20.50% | 20.89% | −0.39 |
| Tyres | 41 | 19.10% | 19.76% | −0.66 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 41 | 19.10% | 12.21% | +6.89 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 17 | 7.90% | 5.52% | +2.38 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 3.70% | 4.18% | −0.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 2.30% | 5.57% | −3.27 |
| Visibility | 5 | 2.30% | 4.97% | −2.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.50% | 2.57% | −2.07 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 8.8% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.2% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.3% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £5–25 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £60–140 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £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 | 19.5% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.4% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 8.8% | £30–75 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 6 | 66.7% | 76,557 mi |
| 90-120k | 30 | 80.0% | 103,381 mi |
| 120k+ | 75 | 82.7% | 151,805 mi |
Source: 113 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.
2011 Insig Elitenav Cdti MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti?
79.6% of the 113 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 76.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (8.85%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.19%), headlamp not working on dipped beam (5.31%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 82.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti in this dataset had covered 139,708 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Vauxhall Insig Elitenav Cdti MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.