Vauxhall ANTARA - 2012
358.8 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 Vauxhall ANTARA, model year 2012.
Sample size: 6,087 cars, 14,932 tests and 53,571 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 6,087 cars
The 2012 Vauxhall Antara has a significantly higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 359 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 246. The model shows a concerning trend in defect rates that increase with mileage, particularly in the highest mileage category, where it reaches nearly 499 defects per 100 cars. While it performs better than average in steering issues, it experiences notably higher defect rates in brakes, lights and electrics, wheels and suspensions, body structure, and equipment, indicating specific areas where this model may require more attention compared to its peers.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 6,087 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 44.7% worse
150.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 103.8 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 28.0% better
9.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
Visibility
▼ 3.1% worse
19.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.2 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 56.5% worse
96.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.9 / 100 tests
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- A reversing lamp inoperative
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 32.0% worse
322.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 244.4 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
Body/Structure
▼ 14.9% worse
30.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.2 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▼ 232.3% worse
20.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 6.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 186.9% worse
67.7 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
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Smoke opacity levels exceed default limit
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,114
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,392
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,081
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,928
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,795
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,770
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,425
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,388
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,875
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: 1,618
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,263
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 935
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 634
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 555
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 461
A reversing lamp inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 460
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 421
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 413
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 411
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 397