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Opel MOT data

From the national MOT record: 392,450 tests across 244,357 vehicles on record.

Vehicles on record

244,357

Average engine

N/A

MOT pass rate

29.2%

How Opel compares

Opel has an MOT pass rate of 29.2%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 392,450 tests and 21,042 since 2012 with a defect code to categorise, so the figure rests on the whole national record for this make rather than a sample of it. See what Opel vehicles fail on.

Common Opel defects

From 21,042 Opel tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 11,670 (55.5%)
Brakes 8,596 (40.9%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 5,553 (26.4%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 3,755 (17.8%)
Body, structure and attachments 2,954 (14.0%)
Visibility 1,965 (9.3%)
Steering 1,303 (6.2%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 1,034 (4.9%)
Other equipment 533 (2.5%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common Opel MOT failures has the full breakdown, how it is worked out, and how it compares with other makes.

Opel models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model On record Engine Pass rate
Kadett 37,516 - 9%
Ascona 17,382 - 3%
Manta Berlinetta 15,700 - 1%
Unknown 13,683 - 3%
Manta Gte 12,982 - 1%
Ascona Dl 10,247 - 1%
Rekord 10,245 - 4%
Kadett Ls 10,098 - 0%
Manta 1900 7,330 - 5%
Manta 7,114 - 47%
Kadett Special 6,845 - 0%
Ascona Berlina 6,806 - 1%
Rekord Berlina 5,198 - 0%
Manta 1600 3,858 - 3%
Manta Gt J 3,826 - 0%
Kadett Gl 3,524 - 0%
Zafira 2,701 - 69%
Commodore 2,643 - 9%
Manta Srb Sh 2,606 - 0%
2,587 - 67%
Astra 2,554 - 69%
Rekord Dl 2,545 - 0%
Manta Berlinetta Auto 2,480 - 0%
Rekord Berlina Auto 2,451 - 0%
Kadett City Special 2,326 - 1%
Corsa 2,117 - 66%
Kadett Berlina 2,038 - 0%
Monza 2,018 - 46%
Rekord Berlina Hl Cd A 1,867 - 0%
Senator Cd Auto 1,843 - 0%
Rekord Berlina Hl Cd 1,716 - 1%
Ascona Berlina Auto 1,645 - 1%
Manta Exec 1,598 - 4%
Kadett J 1,558 - 1%
Kadett City J 1,555 - 0%
Senator E Cd Auto 1,507 - 0%
Senator E Auto 1,496 - 0%
Kadett Hatch 12l 1,413 - 0%
Kadett Dl 1,323 - 0%
Ascona Berl S 1,133 - 3%
City Dl 1,102 - 0%
Manta 1900 Auto 1,080 - 2%
Kadett Sr 1,019 - 0%
Vectra 720 - 67%
Vivaro 286 - 67%
Omega 179 - 68%
Zafira Elegance Dti 16v 165 - 68%
Combo 162 - 66%
Tigra 147 - 66%
Frontera 146 - 68%
Insignia 138 - 75%
Zafira Comfort 16v 125 - 69%
Antara 121 - 70%
Zafira Comfort Dti 16v 97 - 68%
Agila 89 - 73%

Check a specific Opel

These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.

Figures cover every Opel in the national MOT record, which includes vehicles since scrapped or exported, so "on record" is not a count of cars on the road. Pass rate counts every recorded MOT test, retests included.