Pass rate
87.2%
Above average — 14.7 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 179 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£100
2006 Vauxhall VX220 MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 39,724 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
27.0% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 89.3% pass
- Avoid 2001 84.0% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 5.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.0%
- Typical mileage
- 40k mi
The 2006 Vauxhall VX220 MOT pass rate is 87.2% of its MOT tests — 14.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Vauxhall VX220 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.2× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 27.0% of everything recorded on the 2006 Vauxhall Vx220, against 12.2% nationally — 14.8 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 72.5% and this one manages 87.2% — 14.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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 2006 Vauxhall VX220 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 14.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.0%. The median 2006 Vauxhall VX220 in this dataset had covered 39,724 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.8% of the time, April–September 89.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 2.23% of tests.
- 179 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.2% overall pass rate, 86.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Vauxhall VX220, the average is 87.2% — best year 2003 (89.3%), worst 2001 (84.0%).
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
- 179
- Typical mileage (median)
- 39,724 mi
- Make and model
- Vauxhall VX220
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the VX220 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the VX220
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 30 | 86.7% |
| Yorkshire | 27 | 92.6% |
| East Midlands | 27 | 77.8% |
| North West | 25 | 88.0% |
| South West | 21 | 85.7% |
| West Midlands | 19 | 89.5% |
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 2006 VX220
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 2006 VX220
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 2.2% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 1.7% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or 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 exhaust and emissions 1.1% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside 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.
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 2006 VX220 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£100 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£100
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 179 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 VX220, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2001 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.0% to 89.3% — a spread of 5.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 84.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2002 85.7% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2003 89.3% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2004 87.8% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2005 88.5% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2006 87.2%headlamp aim too high
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 2006 Vauxhall VX220 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 88.6%
- Porsche Boxster 85.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.4%
- Bentley Continental 90.1%
- Porsche Cayman 83.8%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 83.6%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 Vauxhall VX220 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 115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 31 | 27.00% | 12.21% | +14.79 |
| Brakes | 24 | 20.90% | 20.89% | +0.01 |
| Tyres | 20 | 17.40% | 19.76% | −2.36 |
| Suspension | 12 | 10.40% | 20.98% | −10.58 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10 | 8.70% | 5.52% | +3.18 |
| Visibility | 9 | 7.80% | 4.97% | +2.83 |
| Steering | 5 | 4.30% | 2.57% | +1.73 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.70% | 4.18% | −2.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £30–80 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £3–12 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.1% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.1% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–25 |
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 | 7.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 2.8% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–110 |
| Cable damaged Brakes | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 62 | 90.3% | 18,308 mi |
| 30-60k | 79 | 87.3% | 45,237 mi |
| 60-90k | 31 | 80.6% | 71,715 mi |
| 90-120k | 7 | 85.7% | 92,273 mi |
Source: 179 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.
2006 VX220 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Vauxhall VX220?
87.2% of the 179 2006 Vauxhall VX220 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 86.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Vauxhall VX220?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (2.23%), stop lamp not working (1.68%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (1.68%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Vauxhall VX220 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.3% of the time, falling to 85.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Vauxhall VX220 in this dataset had covered 39,724 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Vauxhall VX220 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.