Vauxhall Midi MOT reliability

Vauxhall Midis passed their MOT first time 72% of the time across 43 tests in 2025. 29 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 43 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

72%

MOTs analysed

43

Still licensed (GB)

29

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

1994 petrol

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 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 62,745 (most between 54,306 and 71,183).

2005: 59% → 2006: 52% → 2007: 36% → 2008: 56% → 2009: 50% → 2010: 56% → 2011: 50% → 2012: 67% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 25% → 2015: 14% → 2016: 40% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 0% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel (steering box fitted) (50.0%)
Washers: not working (50.0%)

1994 diesel

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 100%. Typical mileage 60,906 (most between 60,906 and 60,906).

2005: 47% → 2006: 43% → 2007: 49% → 2008: 50% → 2009: 57% → 2010: 58% → 2011: 54% → 2012: 63% → 2013: 52% → 2014: 56% → 2015: 67% → 2016: 69% → 2017: 64% → 2018: 64% → 2019: 70% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 75% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 1994 Midis fail

Steering

50.0%

Visibility & wipers

50.0%

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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.