Pass rate
83.0%
Around average — 8.3 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 53 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£92
2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 132,189 mi
Only 53 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
25.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2010 83.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2010 83.0% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 79.5%
- Typical mileage
- 132k mi
The 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc MOT pass rate is 83.0% of its MOT tests — 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.2% of what testers record.
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MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Insig Exc does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with brakes
Brakes are 15.3% of this car’s recorded faults, against 20.9% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- 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 74.7% and this one manages 83.0% — 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 53 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 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.5%. The median 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc in this dataset had covered 132,189 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 11.32% of tests.
- 53 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.0% overall pass rate, 79.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Insig Exc, the average is 83.0% — best year 2010 (83.0%), worst 2010 (83.0%).
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
- 53
- Typical mileage (median)
- 132,189 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Insig Exc
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Insig Exc MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2010 Insig Exc
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 2010 Insig Exc
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 windscreen 11.3% 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 suspension joints 7.5% 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.
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Check the lights 7.5% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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.
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 2010 Insig Exc through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£92 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£92
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 53 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 →
Compare the 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc 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 2010 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc 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 110 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 | 28 | 25.20% | 20.98% | +4.22 |
| Tyres | 20 | 18.00% | 19.76% | −1.76 |
| Brakes | 17 | 15.30% | 20.89% | −5.59 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 10 | 9.00% | 12.21% | −3.21 |
| Visibility | 10 | 9.00% | 4.97% | +4.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8 | 7.20% | 5.52% | +1.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 5.40% | 4.18% | +1.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 4.50% | 5.57% | −1.07 |
| Steering | 4 | 3.60% | 2.57% | +1.03 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 11.3% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 7.5% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.5% | £5–25 |
| Pipes and hoses leaking Steering | Major | 3.8% | £60–200 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 3.8% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.8% | £8–22 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Daytime running lamps not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
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 | 24.5% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 15.1% | £200–700 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 15.1% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 13.2% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.2% | £25–65 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 80,086 mi |
| 90-120k | 12 | 91.7% | 110,526 mi |
| 120k+ | 40 | 80.0% | 145,800 mi |
Source: 53 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.
2010 Insig Exc MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc?
83.0% of the 53 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 79.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (11.32%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (7.55%), headlamp lens slightly defective (7.55%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Vauxhall Insig Exc in this dataset had covered 132,189 mi.