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Vauxhall Antara reliability and MOT pass rate

62.2% passed first time. The 37.8% fail rate is 15.2 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 12 years old with 88,597 miles.

MOT pass rates / Vauxhall

Pass rate

62.2%

22.6% of all cars failed; 37.8% of these did.

Fixed on the day

9%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

88,597 mi

12 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years0—
6-9 years73834.1%
10-13 years14,65537.5%
14+ years1,81141.2%

What the Antara fails on

Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.

  1. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment75 dangerous53.2%
  2. Suspension458 dangerous45.1%
  3. Brakes1,127 dangerous32.4%
  4. Tyres1,592 dangerous20.5%
  5. Noise, emissions and leaks21 dangerous17.9%
  6. Visibility4 dangerous13.6%
  7. Body, chassis, structure54 dangerous11.8%
  8. Steering17 dangerous5.5%

Is the Antara getting worse?

The fail rate rose 5.7 points to 37.8% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 7.4 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
202223,635932.1%22.5%
202322,4181034.1%22.8%
202418,1121135.9%23.2%
202517,2041237.8%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Antara at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.

The exact defects that fail it

Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Antara in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Position lamp: not working1,279 tests
  2. 2Stop lamp: not working1,048 tests
  3. 3Coil spring: fractured or broken1,006 tests
  4. 4Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn969 tests
  5. 5Reversing lamps: inoperative654 tests
  6. 6Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm651 tests
  7. 7Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick526 tests
  8. 8Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction478 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Antara collects 3.51 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.

  1. 1Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine4,054 tests
  2. 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm3,609 tests
  3. 3Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn2,424 tests
  4. 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick2,294 tests
  5. 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened2,223 tests
  6. 6Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded1,674 tests
  7. 7Suspension arm: corroded and seriously weakened1,657 tests
  8. 8Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure1,491 tests

Questions

What is the Vauxhall Antara MOT pass rate?

62.2% of the 17,204 Vauxhall Antara first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 37.8% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 9% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Vauxhall Antara usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Position lamp: not working", recorded on 1,279 failed tests, followed by "Stop lamp: not working" and "Coil spring: fractured or broken". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 53.2% of failures, suspension appears in 45.1% of failures, brakes appears in 32.4% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was n/a%; at 14+ years it was 41.2%. The median Vauxhall Antara tested in 2025 was 12 years old with 88,597 miles.

Is the Vauxhall Antara getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 5.7 points to 37.8% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 7.4 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.

First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Antara trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

DVSA has published 6 safety recalls naming the Vauxhall Antara: Vauxhall Antara recalls.

Other Vauxhall models

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