Vauxhall Victor MOT reliability

Vauxhall Victors passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 37 tests in 2025. 830 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 37 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

86%

MOTs analysed

37

Still licensed (GB)

830

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

1973 petrol

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 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 80%. Typical mileage 50,780 (most between 46,628 and 62,470).

2005: 67% → 2006: 100% → 2007: 88% → 2008: 75% → 2009: 75% → 2010: 83% → 2011: 71% → 2012: 71% → 2013: 71% → 2014: 71% → 2015: 67% → 2016: 75% → 2017: 57% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 80% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 80% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 80%

Most common failures

Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak (20.0%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (20.0%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (20.0%)

Where 1973 Victors fail

Brakes

20.0%

Suspension & axles

20.0%

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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.