Pass rate
75.0%
Around average — 2.2 pts behind the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,046 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£52
2012 Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 87,093 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
26.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
5.9 pts down across model years — 6.8% in 2012, 0.9% in 2019.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 98.1% pass
- Avoid 2012 75.0% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 23.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 67.4%
- Typical mileage
- 87k mi
The 2012 Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate is 75.0% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Mokka does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.5% of everything recorded on the 2012 Vauxhall Mokka, against 21.0% nationally — 5.5 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 19% 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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How does the 2012 Vauxhall Mokka compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 67.4%. The median 2012 Vauxhall Mokka in this dataset had covered 87,093 mi.
54% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 74.4% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.7% of the time, April–September 75.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.40% of tests.
- 3,046 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.0% overall pass rate, 67.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Mokka, the average is 80.9% — best year 2023 (98.1%), worst 2012 (75.0%).
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
- 3,046
- Typical mileage (median)
- 87,093 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Mokka
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Mokka MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (54% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Mokka
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 490 | 77.1% |
| South West | 408 | 70.3% |
| Yorkshire | 379 | 76.5% |
| East of England | 357 | 76.8% |
| West Midlands | 306 | 78.4% |
| North West | 304 | 74.7% |
| East Midlands | 223 | 75.3% |
| Scotland | 188 | 72.3% |
| North East | 169 | 71.0% |
| Wales | 165 | 73.3% |
| London | 57 | 75.4% |
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 2012 Mokka
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 2012 Mokka
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 lights 6.4% 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 5.5% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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 coil springs 4.5% 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.
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 2012 Mokka through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£52 — and 19% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£52
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: pins
- £40–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 19%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,046 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 Mokka, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2012 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.0% to 98.1% — a spread of 23.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 75.0%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 75.7% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2014 77.6% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2015 78.6% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2016 79.1% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2017 81.3% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2018 84.2% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2019 88.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 90.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 91.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2023 98.1% tread depth below requirements of…
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 2012 Vauxhall Mokka 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Fiat 500 75.1%
- Kia Picanto 75.1%
- Ford S-Max 74.9%
- Fiat 500C 75.1%
- Fiat Qubo 75.1%
- Alfa Romeo Mito 75.2%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Vauxhall Mokka 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 6,271 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 | 1,674 | 26.50% | 20.98% | +5.52 |
| Brakes | 1,130 | 17.90% | 20.89% | −2.99 |
| Tyres | 1,090 | 17.30% | 19.76% | −2.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 666 | 10.50% | 12.21% | −1.71 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 617 | 9.80% | 5.52% | +4.28 |
| Steering | 276 | 4.40% | 2.57% | +1.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 259 | 4.10% | 4.18% | −0.08 |
| Visibility | 233 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 221 | 3.50% | 5.57% | −2.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 105 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.4% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 5.5% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 4.5% | £25–65 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.4% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of… Steering | Major | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.2% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £40–150 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
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 | 16.1% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 15.4% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.6% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 29 | 86.2% | 23,997 mi |
| 30-60k | 392 | 79.6% | 50,247 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,252 | 76.3% | 76,473 mi |
| 90-120k | 979 | 72.2% | 102,910 mi |
| 120k+ | 394 | 72.3% | 136,873 mi |
Source: 3,046 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.
2012 Mokka MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Vauxhall Mokka?
75.0% of the 3,046 2012 Vauxhall Mokka tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 67.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Vauxhall Mokka?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.40%), ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.45%), coil spring fractured or broken (4.46%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.2% of the time, falling to 72.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Vauxhall Mokka in this dataset had covered 87,093 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 Vauxhall Mokka?
Diesel: 74.4% pass rate across 1,635 tests. Petrol: 75.6% pass rate across 1,411 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2012 Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.