68,862 tests in 2025
Vauxhall Grandland reliability and MOT pass rate
86.7% passed first time. The 13.3% fail rate is 9.3 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 6 years old with 41,054 miles.
Pass rate
86.7%
22.6% of all cars failed; 13.3% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.1%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
41,054 mi
6 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 32,923 | 10.5% |
| 6-9 years | 35,521 | 16% |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Grandland 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.
- Tyres3,849 dangerous39.4%
- Brakes1,773 dangerous24.1%
- Suspension48 dangerous16.3%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4 dangerous14.5%
- Visibility1 dangerous11.4%
- Body, chassis, structure24 dangerous9.7%
- Noise, emissions and leaks6 dangerous6.3%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems4.5%
Is the Grandland getting worse?
The fail rate rose 4.6 points to 14% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39,112 | — | 9.4% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 53,390 | — | 10.7% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 50,988 | — | 11.7% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 55,395 | — | 14% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Grandland 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 Grandland in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm2,032 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick1,348 tests
- 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords914 tests
- 4Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt606 tests
- 5Coil spring: fractured or broken471 tests
- 6Condition: has ply or cords exposed460 tests
- 7Headlamp: not working on dipped beam439 tests
- 8Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively400 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Grandland collects 2.19 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.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm13,280 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened7,376 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick6,635 tests
- 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure3,313 tests
- 5Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt2,824 tests
- 6Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn2,112 tests
- 7Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm1,798 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre1,798 tests
Questions
What is the Vauxhall Grandland MOT pass rate?
86.7% of the 68,862 Vauxhall Grandland first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 13.3% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.1% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Vauxhall Grandland usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", recorded on 2,032 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords". By section, tyres appears in 39.4% of failures, brakes appears in 24.1% of failures, suspension appears in 16.3% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 10.5%; at 6-9 years it was 16%. The median Vauxhall Grandland tested in 2025 was 6 years old with 41,054 miles.
Is the Vauxhall Grandland getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 4.6 points to 14% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
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 Grandland 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 27 safety recalls naming the Vauxhall Grandland: Vauxhall Grandland recalls.
Other Vauxhall models
Checking a particular Grandland?
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