Pass rate
79.1%
Around average — 4.9 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 147,180 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£44
2016 Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate
- 2016
- 2 trims combined
- typical 55,446 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
24.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 98.1% pass
- Avoid 2012 75.0% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 23.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.0%
- Typical mileage
- 55k mi
The 2016 Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate is 79.1% of its MOT tests — 4.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.1% 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
Falls short of its own age and mileage
Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 84.0%; this one manages 79.1% — 4.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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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Every Vauxhall Mokka first registered in 2016 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2016 Vauxhall Mokka compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 4.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.0%. The median 2016 Vauxhall Mokka in this dataset had covered 55,446 mi.
66% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 80.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.3% of the time, April–September 78.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 5.91% of tests.
- 147,180 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.1% overall pass rate, 74.0% 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
- 147,180
- Typical mileage (median)
- 55,446 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
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Mokka MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (66% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Mokka
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 25,372 | 80.8% |
| North West | 17,401 | 79.7% |
| Scotland | 16,292 | 73.8% |
| Yorkshire | 14,706 | 79.4% |
| West Midlands | 14,178 | 80.0% |
| East of England | 14,075 | 80.8% |
| South West | 12,732 | 77.3% |
| East Midlands | 10,319 | 79.0% |
| North East | 9,182 | 78.3% |
| Wales | 7,951 | 78.1% |
| London | 4,965 | 84.9% |
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 2016 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 2016 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 suspension joints 5.9% 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 3.9% 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 tyre pressures and valves 3.5% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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 2016 Mokka through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£44 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£44
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: tyre pressure monitoring system…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 147,180 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 2016 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Alfa Romeo Mito 79.2%
- Isuzu D-Max 79.3%
- Renault Megane 79.5%
- Citroen C4 78.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 79.6%
- SEAT Ibiza 78.5%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 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 212,591 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 51,611 | 24.10% | 19.76% | +4.34 |
| Suspension | 40,753 | 19.00% | 20.98% | −1.98 |
| Brakes | 39,298 | 18.30% | 20.89% | −2.59 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 19,458 | 9.10% | 12.21% | −3.11 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 17,060 | 8.00% | 5.52% | +2.48 |
| Non-component advisories | 12,824 | 6.00% | 4.18% | +1.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 11,155 | 5.20% | 5.57% | −0.37 |
| Visibility | 10,771 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Steering | 7,136 | 3.30% | 2.57% | +0.73 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2,525 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 5.9% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £25–65 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.9% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.3% | £45–95 |
| 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 | 6.9% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.7% | £200–700 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.4% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 13,650 | 90.6% | 22,995 mi |
| 30-60k | 71,595 | 81.3% | 46,115 mi |
| 60-90k | 48,465 | 74.8% | 72,220 mi |
| 90-120k | 11,305 | 71.1% | 100,674 mi |
| 120k+ | 2,116 | 70.8% | 137,700 mi |
Source: 147,180 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.
2016 Mokka MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Vauxhall Mokka?
79.1% of the 147,180 2016 Vauxhall Mokka tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 74.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Vauxhall Mokka?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.91%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.96%), coil spring fractured or broken (3.85%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.6% of the time, falling to 70.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Vauxhall Mokka in this dataset had covered 55,446 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Vauxhall Mokka?
Petrol: 80.0% pass rate across 97,174 tests. Diesel: 77.3% pass rate across 50,006 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Vauxhall Mokka MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 78.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.