Opel Manta MOT reliability

Opel Mantas passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 211 tests in 2025. 368 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

86%

MOTs analysed

211

Still licensed (GB)

368

Body type

Coupe

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

1987 petrol

45 MOTs

These figures come from 45 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 89%. Typical mileage 48,565 (most between 17,348 and 80,229).

2005: 54% → 2006: 55% → 2007: 54% → 2008: 59% → 2009: 61% → 2010: 60% → 2011: 68% → 2012: 67% → 2013: 66% → 2014: 76% → 2015: 77% → 2016: 68% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 75% → 2020: 78% → 2021: 89% → 2022: 84% → 2023: 80% → 2024: 88% → 2025: 89%

Most common failures

Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (2.2%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (2.2%)
Headlamp: light intensity severely reduced (2.2%)
Non catalyst emissions: emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (2.2%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (2.2%)

Where 1987 Mantas fail

Brakes

4.4%

Body, structure & corrosion

2.2%

Lights & electrics

2.2%

Steering

2.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.2%

Suspension & axles

2.2%

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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.