Vauxhall Cascada MOT reliability

Vauxhall Cascadas passed their MOT first time 74% of the time across 2,763 tests in 2025. 2,547 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

74%

MOTs analysed

2,763

Still licensed (GB)

2,547

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age.

In detail:

First registered

2015 diesel

302 MOTs

Passed first time 75%. Typical mileage 64,633 (most between 50,445 and 85,908).

2017: 83% → 2018: 86% → 2019: 83% → 2020: 79% → 2021: 79% → 2022: 73% → 2023: 70% → 2024: 78% → 2025: 75%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (8.6%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (3.0%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.0%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.0%)
Position lamp: not working (1.7%)

2015 petrol

255 MOTs

Passed first time 76%. Typical mileage 51,581 (most between 34,657 and 66,484).

2017: 60% → 2018: 87% → 2019: 87% → 2020: 84% → 2021: 79% → 2022: 82% → 2023: 81% → 2024: 77% → 2025: 76%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (7.8%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (3.1%)
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative (2.4%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.6%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.6%)

Where 2015 Cascadas fail

Suspension & axles

9.3%

Wheels & tyres

6.3%

Lights & electrics

5.0%

Brakes

4.3%

Visibility & wipers

3.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.3%

Body, structure & corrosion

0.3%

Steering

0.3%

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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.