Vauxhall VX220 MOT reliability

Vauxhall VX220s passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 799 tests in 2025. 302 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

86%

MOTs analysed

799

Still licensed (GB)

302

Body type

Convertible

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

2005 petrol

54 MOTs

These figures come from 54 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 87%. Typical mileage 38,013 (most between 25,140 and 51,984).

2008: 75% → 2009: 74% → 2010: 79% → 2011: 77% → 2012: 74% → 2013: 74% → 2014: 77% → 2015: 80% → 2016: 82% → 2017: 82% → 2018: 86% → 2019: 88% → 2020: 79% → 2021: 81% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 89% → 2024: 82% → 2025: 87%

Most common failures

Horn: not working (3.7%)
Catalyst emissions: Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (3.7%)
Catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (1.9%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (1.9%)
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.9%)

Where 2005 VX220s fail

Brakes

5.6%

Lights & electrics

5.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.7%

Suspension & axles

1.9%

Visibility & wipers

1.9%

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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.