Chevrolet SPARK - 2012
320.9 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2012 is 249.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Chevrolet SPARK, model year 2012.
Sample size: 3,551 cars, 8,405 tests and 26,972 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 3,551 cars
The 2012 Chevrolet Spark has an overall defect rate of 321 per 100 vehicles, which is 30% higher than the average for cars of the same year, at 246 per 100. Notably, this model shows significantly higher issues with brakes and body structure, with defect rates of 203 and 41 per 100, compared to average rates of 107 and 25 per 100, respectively. Additionally, the Spark performs worse in lights and electrics, but it has fewer equipment-related defects compared to the average. As mileage increases, the defect rate also rises, particularly in the higher mileage brackets.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 3,551 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 95.6% worse
203.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 103.8 / 100 tests
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 5.3% better
12.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
Visibility
▼ 14.6% worse
22.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.2 / 100 tests
Lights & Electrics
▼ 26.3% worse
78.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.9 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 0.8% better
242.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 244.4 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▼ 55.3% worse
40.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.2 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▼ 222.6% worse
20.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 6.2 / 100 tests
Other
▲ 3.0% better
22.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.6 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,327
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,309
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,619
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,383
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,371
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 876
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 844
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 768
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 727
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 580
Serious faults (Top 10)
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 768
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 422
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 411
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 360
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 350
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 340
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 286
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 252
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 228
Brakes imbalance across an axle such that: the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. Or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight lin
FAIL
Occurrences: 217