Vauxhall Insignia MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Vauxhall Insignia MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Vauxhall Insignia passed on its first attempt in 73.7%, and its overall record sits −2.2 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Vauxhall Insignia in the 2023–2025 data: 724,961 tests across 15 model years (2008–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Vauxhall Insignia MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Vauxhall Insignia, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Vauxhall Insignia's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Vauxhall Insignia DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Vauxhall Insignia, each with how many of the model's 724,961 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 43,480 Vauxhall Insignia tests, 6.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Coil spring fractured or broken" (Major) — noted on about 38,206 Vauxhall Insignia tests, 5.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 23,755 Vauxhall Insignia tests, 3.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" (Major) — noted on about 13,697 Vauxhall Insignia tests, 1.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick" (Major) — noted on about 11,814 Vauxhall Insignia tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 8,822 Vauxhall Insignia tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Vauxhall Insignia Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Vauxhall Insignia model year on record is 2020 (88.4% across 4,170 tests), and the weakest is 2009 (74.0%). The gap between them is 14.4 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Vauxhall Insignia Owners

These checks follow this Vauxhall Insignia's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Vauxhall Insignia.

• the lights — “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.

• the coil springs — “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.

• 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 Insignia. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Vauxhall Insignia is most common

Across every Insignia model year on record (2008–2022): 305,157 Vauxhall Insignia cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 724,950 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 11,933 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Vauxhall Insignia cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Frequently Asked Questions: Vauxhall Insignia MOT & Reliability