Vauxhall Brava MOT reliability

Vauxhall Bravas passed their MOT first time 62% of the time across 264 tests in 2025. 225 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

62%

MOTs analysed

264

Still licensed (GB)

225

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

2000 diesel

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 60%. Typical mileage 121,875 (most between 87,137 and 143,687).

2005: 63% → 2006: 60% → 2007: 51% → 2008: 53% → 2009: 49% → 2010: 48% → 2011: 47% → 2012: 43% → 2013: 48% → 2014: 46% → 2015: 51% → 2016: 48% → 2017: 51% → 2018: 53% → 2019: 46% → 2020: 49% → 2021: 56% → 2022: 57% → 2023: 65% → 2024: 65% → 2025: 60%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: excessively binding (6.7%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6.7%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (4.4%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.4%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (4.4%)

Where 2000 Bravas fail

Brakes

15.6%

Lights & electrics

15.6%

Suspension & axles

15.6%

Body, structure & corrosion

13.3%

Visibility & wipers

8.9%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.2%

Seat belts & other equipment

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.