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Vauxhall COMBO - 2015

242.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2015 is 174.5 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Vauxhall COMBO, model year 2015. Sample size: 5,502 cars, 12,498 tests and 30,351 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 5,502 cars

The 2015 Vauxhall Combo has a significantly higher overall defect rate of 243 per 100 vehicles, compared to the average of 170 per 100, making it 43% worse than its peers of the same year. Notably, it exhibits exceptional performance in steering defects, with a rate of 4%, considerably lower than the average of 9%. However, it faces challenges in several areas, particularly visibility, lights and electrics, wheels, suspensions and axles, and body structure, where its defect rates are markedly higher than average. As mileage increases, the defect rate also tends to rise, indicating a potential correlation between vehicle age and maintenance issues for this model.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 5,502 cars

More model years for Vauxhall COMBO

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 20.0% better
67.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 61.6% better
3.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
  • Excessive roughness in operation of steering
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
Visibility
▼ 96.3% worse
31.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 108.7% worse
64.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 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
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
  • A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 43.5% worse
255.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▼ 65.8% worse
19.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • An engine mounting or bracket: severely damaged or deteriorated resulting in excessive movement
  • 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
Equipment
▼ 50.0% worse
6.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
  • Audible warning:
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt:
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▼ 176.5% worse
36.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed default limit
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour to an extent likely to obscure the vision of other road users

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 367 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: 4,640
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,157
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,953
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,481
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,407
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,377
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,113
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 941
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 698
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 526

Serious faults (Top 10)

A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 941
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 698
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 467
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 456
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 410
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 316
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 284
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 242
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 192
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 185