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Vauxhall ASTRA - 2009

346.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2009 is 311.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Vauxhall ASTRA, model year 2009. Sample size: 37,947 cars, 83,959 tests and 291,110 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 37,947 cars

The 2009 Vauxhall Astra has a higher overall defect rate of 347 defects per 100 cars, which is 12% above the average for its year at 310. Notably, it performs significantly better in steering, with defect rates 54% lower than average, and lights and electrics, which are 24% better. However, it struggles in the brakes category, registering a defect rate 26% higher than average, and also has a concerning 72 defects per 100 in other categories, which is over double the average. Mileage trends show that defect rates increase steadily with mileage, peaking at 471 for vehicles over 124,000 miles.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 37,947 cars

More model years for Vauxhall ASTRA

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Categories

Brakes
▼ 30.0% worse
152.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 117.5 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 55.2% better
7.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.3 / 100 tests
  • 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: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▼ 11.1% worse
26.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.4 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 23.9% better
61.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 80.9 / 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
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • A battery insecure: but not likely to fall from carrier
  • Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
  • Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 8.4% worse
324.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 299.8 / 100 tests
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • 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
Body/Structure
▲ 3.4% better
40.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 41.5 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▼ 3.6% worse
8.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.3 / 100 tests
  • Audible warning:
  • A seat belt:
  • is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 109.9% worse
72.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 34.4 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • 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
0 471 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 26,557
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 23,607
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 22,744
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 16,459
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 15,543
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 14,155
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 12,839
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 9,276
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,623
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,547

Serious faults (Top 10)

A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,261
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,102
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,854
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,776
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,420
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,362
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,738
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,698
Audible warning:
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,594
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,464