Vauxhall Carlton MOT reliability

Vauxhall Carltons passed their MOT first time 87% of the time across 214 tests in 2025. 111 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

87%

MOTs analysed

214

Still licensed (GB)

111

Body type

Sedan

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

1992 petrol

39 MOTs

These figures come from 39 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 85%. Typical mileage 76,882 (most between 55,673 and 98,042).

2005: 49% → 2006: 49% → 2007: 47% → 2008: 45% → 2009: 50% → 2010: 62% → 2011: 61% → 2012: 54% → 2013: 68% → 2014: 71% → 2015: 65% → 2016: 73% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 77% → 2020: 78% → 2021: 78% → 2022: 76% → 2023: 84% → 2024: 84% → 2025: 85%

Most common failures

Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.1%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.1%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (2.6%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (2.6%)
Pipe: insecure (2.6%)

Where 1992 Carltons fail

Lights & electrics

7.7%

Visibility & wipers

7.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

5.1%

Brakes

5.1%

Suspension & axles

5.1%

Steering

2.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.6%

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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.