Chevrolet Aveo MOT reliability

Chevrolet Aveos passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 7,366 tests in 2025. 5,682 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

50%

MOTs analysed

7,366

Still licensed (GB)

5,682

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2012 petrol

955 MOTs

Passed first time 55%. Typical mileage 69,970 (most between 51,565 and 86,757).

2013: 100% → 2014: 87% → 2015: 87% → 2016: 83% → 2017: 74% → 2018: 66% → 2019: 66% → 2020: 62% → 2021: 60% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 55% → 2024: 55% → 2025: 55%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (13.7%)
Position lamp: not working (7.1%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (5.0%)
Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.5%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1%)

2012 diesel

303 MOTs

Passed first time 56%. Typical mileage 91,096 (most between 68,684 and 113,046).

2014: 90% → 2015: 82% → 2016: 78% → 2017: 72% → 2018: 68% → 2019: 62% → 2020: 59% → 2021: 55% → 2022: 54% → 2023: 47% → 2024: 52% → 2025: 56%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (11.6%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (5.6%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (5.3%)
Ball joint excessively worn (4.6%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.3%)

Where 2012 Aveos fail

Suspension & axles

26.0%

Lights & electrics

18.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

8.6%

Body, structure & corrosion

8.0%

Wheels & tyres

7.0%

Brakes

6.3%

Visibility & wipers

6.0%

Steering

2.1%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.