Vauxhall INSIGNIA - 2014
220.2 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Vauxhall INSIGNIA, model year 2014.
Sample size: 26,251 cars, 59,569 tests and 131,145 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 26,251 cars
The 2014 Vauxhall Insignia has an overall defect rate of 220 per 100 vehicles, which is 13% higher than the average for cars of the same year. Notably, the Insignia experiences significantly fewer issues with steering and equipment compared to the average, with defect rates of just 2% in both categories. However, it shows higher-than-average problems in lights and electrics, wheels, suspensions and axles, as well as body structure. As mileage increases, the defect rate for the Insignia also rises, particularly evident in the highest mileage category where it reaches 340 defects per 100 vehicles.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 26,251 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 16.9% better
77.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 82.4% better
2.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
Visibility
▼ 5.8% worse
18.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 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
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 20.8% worse
47.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 25.2% worse
248.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▼ 34.0% worse
20.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 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
▲ 46.7% better
2.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
- Audible warning:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 47.1% worse
23.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- 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: 23,058
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 13,852
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,808
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,242
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,009
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,455
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,039
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: 4,887
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,081
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,547
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,081
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,515
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,407
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,846
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,506
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,480
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,165
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 969
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 865
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 722