G M C Vandura MOT reliability

G M C Vanduras passed their MOT first time 77% of the time across 31 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 31 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

77%

MOTs analysed

31

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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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

1994 petrol

4 MOTs

These figures come from only 4 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 131,364 (most between 131,207 and 138,823).

2005: 100% → 2006: 33% → 2007: 33% → 2008: 40% → 2009: 75% → 2010: 33% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 75% → 2013: 60% → 2014: 67% → 2015: 83% → 2016: 57% → 2017: 57% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2022: 67% → 2023: 33% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (50.0%)
Washers: not working (25.0%)
Non catalyst emissions: emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (25.0%)
Windscreen: damaged and affecting the driver's view of the road (25.0%)
Brake drums: contaminated (25.0%)

Where 1994 Vanduras fail

Brakes

50.0%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

50.0%

Lights & electrics

25.0%

Visibility & wipers

25.0%

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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.