Vauxhall Zafira: 62% pass.

174,295 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 62% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 66% would be expected: 4 points worse than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
6 years	76%	82%	6%	18%	163
7 years	73%	79%	5%	22%	1,116
8 years	70%	76%	6%	24%	2,857
9 years	69%	73%	6%	25%	6,316
10 years	66%	70%	6%	28%	10,442
11 years	61%	67%	7%	32%	11,287
12 years	59%	64%	7%	34%	6,326
13 years	56%	62%	8%	36%	4,941
14 years	55%	60%	8%	37%	6,179
15 years	56%	58%	8%	36%	2,667
16 years	53%	57%	8%	39%	2,242
17 years	54%	57%	9%	37%	2,170
18 years	53%	57%	7%	40%	1,032
19 years	56%	57%	7%	37%	547
20 years	52%	57%	8%	41%	416

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
6 years	78%	82%	5%	17%	2,159
7 years	75%	79%	5%	20%	8,235
8 years	73%	76%	6%	20%	8,405
9 years	71%	73%	6%	23%	6,960
10 years	68%	70%	7%	25%	10,076
11 years	64%	67%	8%	28%	16,361
12 years	62%	64%	9%	29%	12,026
13 years	59%	62%	10%	31%	6,165
14 years	56%	60%	9%	35%	6,581
15 years	54%	58%	8%	38%	7,372
16 years	51%	57%	10%	39%	6,391
17 years	51%	57%	9%	40%	7,504
18 years	51%	57%	9%	39%	5,776
19 years	52%	57%	9%	39%	3,739
20 years	52%	57%	10%	38%	3,093

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.