Vauxhall Belmont MOT reliability

Vauxhall Belmonts passed their MOT first time 76% of the time across 25 tests in 2025. 9 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 25 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

76%

MOTs analysed

25

Still licensed (GB)

9

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

1988 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 14,610 (most between 8,889 and 18,709).

2005: 39% → 2006: 47% → 2007: 49% → 2008: 42% → 2009: 55% → 2010: 48% → 2011: 50% → 2012: 64% → 2013: 80% → 2014: 64% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 71% → 2017: 60% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 60% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 75% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (25.0%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (25.0%)
Rear fog lamp: not working (25.0%)

Where 1988 Belmonts fail

Brakes

25.0%

Lights & electrics

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.