Pass rate
74.0%
Below average — 0.2 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 177 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £65–£203
2000 Vauxhall Tigra MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 60,072 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 74.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2007 68.7% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 5.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.5%
- Typical mileage
- 60k mi
The 2000 Vauxhall Tigra MOT pass rate is 74.0% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall Tigra does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.8× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 15.7% of everything recorded on the 2000 Vauxhall Tigra, against 5.5% nationally — 10.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 22.9%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 13% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 177 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 2000 Vauxhall Tigra compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 0.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.5%. The median 2000 Vauxhall Tigra in this dataset had covered 60,072 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.1% of the time, April–September 76.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits", noted on 5.08% of tests.
- 177 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.0% overall pass rate, 68.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall Tigra, the average is 69.3% — best year 2000 (74.0%), worst 2007 (68.7%).
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
- 177
- Typical mileage (median)
- 60,072 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall Tigra
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Emissions Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Tigra MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tigra
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 37 | 75.7% |
| South East | 36 | 80.6% |
| West Midlands | 26 | 76.9% |
| North West | 20 | 55.0% |
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 2000 Tigra
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 2000 Tigra
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 exhaust and emissions 5.1% of tests
“catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check corrosion 4.5% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the wipers and washers 4.0% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2000 Tigra through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £65–£203 — and 13% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £65–£203
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 30%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 13%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 177 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 Tigra, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.7% to 74.0% — a spread of 5.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 74.0%catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2004 69.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 69.3% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 69.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 68.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2008 69.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2009 70.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
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 2000 Vauxhall Tigra 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Audi A4 73.5%
- Audi A3 73.5%
- Toyota MR2 73.4%
- Volkswagen Lupo 73.4%
- Ford Puma 73.4%
- Land Rover Defender 74.7%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Vauxhall Tigra 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 395 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 | 92 | 22.90% | 20.98% | +1.92 |
| Brakes | 66 | 16.50% | 20.89% | −4.39 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 63 | 15.70% | 5.52% | +10.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 45 | 11.20% | 5.57% | +5.63 |
| Tyres | 42 | 10.50% | 19.76% | −9.26 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 39 | 9.70% | 12.21% | −2.51 |
| Visibility | 19 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Steering | 15 | 3.70% | 2.57% | +1.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 9 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 5 | 1.20% | 0.82% | +0.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.1% | £60–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.5% | £180–450 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.0% | £8–22 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £60–140 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.4% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.3% | £60–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £25–65 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.3% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £30–80 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.7% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.6% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–110 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 9.0% | £20–55 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–120 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 7.3% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 19 | 84.2% | 20,290 mi |
| 30-60k | 69 | 82.6% | 45,768 mi |
| 60-90k | 71 | 66.2% | 71,799 mi |
| 90-120k | 10 | 60.0% | 96,720 mi |
| 120k+ | 8 | 62.5% | 155,552 mi |
Source: 177 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.
2000 Tigra MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Vauxhall Tigra?
74.0% of the 177 2000 Vauxhall Tigra tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 68.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Vauxhall Tigra?
The three most recorded items are catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (5.08%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (4.52%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.95%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Vauxhall Tigra MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 84.2% of the time, falling to 62.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Vauxhall Tigra in this dataset had covered 60,072 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Vauxhall Tigra MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.