Vauxhall INSIGNIA - 2015
190.7 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 INSIGNIA, model year 2015.
Sample size: 29,651 cars, 67,399 tests and 128,541 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 29,651 cars
The 2015 Vauxhall Insignia has a higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 191 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 170. Notably, the Insignia shows a significant increase in defects as mileage increases, particularly in the highest mileage category (over 124,000 miles), where it reaches 321 defects per 100 vehicles. While it excels in steering and equipment issues, showing markedly lower defect rates than average, it struggles in categories such as lights and electrics, wheels and suspensions, and body structure, where it reports higher defect rates. Overall, this model's performance highlights a mixed reliability profile, with certain strengths overshadowed by specific weaknesses.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 29,651 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 11.2% better
75.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 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
▲ 86.9% better
1.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 6.2% worse
17.1 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
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 33.2% worse
41.3 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
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 19.2% worse
212.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▼ 13.7% worse
13.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- 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
Equipment
▲ 45.0% better
2.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 40.9% worse
18.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 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
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
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: 24,763
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 11,432
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,304
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,034
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,703
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,080
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: 5,062
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,836
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,615
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,859
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,080
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,859
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,278
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,008
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,492
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,435
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: 1,076
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,006
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 785
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 741