Vauxhall Rascal MOT reliability

Vauxhall Rascals passed their MOT first time 59% of the time across 197 tests in 2025. 134 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

59%

MOTs analysed

197

Still licensed (GB)

134

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

1990 petrol

41 MOTs

These figures come from 41 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 63%. Typical mileage 58,846 (most between 38,525 and 74,702).

2005: 51% → 2006: 52% → 2007: 48% → 2008: 51% → 2009: 47% → 2010: 52% → 2011: 47% → 2012: 52% → 2013: 51% → 2014: 52% → 2015: 52% → 2016: 53% → 2017: 41% → 2018: 55% → 2019: 51% → 2020: 64% → 2021: 59% → 2022: 54% → 2023: 64% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 63%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (9.8%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (9.8%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (7.3%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (4.9%)
Lever: has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (4.9%)

Where 1990 Rascals fail

Lights & electrics

29.3%

Suspension & axles

17.1%

Brakes

12.2%

Body, structure & corrosion

7.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

7.3%

Visibility & wipers

7.3%

Steering

4.9%

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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.