Vauxhall VECTRA - 2008
393.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2008 is 340.8 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Vauxhall VECTRA, model year 2008.
Sample size: 9,442 cars, 20,598 tests and 80,981 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 9,442 cars
The 2008 Vauxhall Vectra has a higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 393 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 337. The Vectra shows significant improvements in steering and equipment issues, with defect rates of 8 and 3 per 100 vehicles, respectively, which are much lower than the average rates. However, it performs worse in the brakes category, with a defect rate of 192 per 100, significantly exceeding the average of 135. Additionally, as mileage increases, the defect rate for the Vectra tends to rise more sharply than the average, particularly after 124,000 miles.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 9,442 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 44.6% worse
192.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 133.1 / 100 tests
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 53.3% better
8.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- 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.
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 0.4% worse
25.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.3 / 100 tests
- 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
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 4.9% worse
96.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.2 / 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
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 9.4% worse
339.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 310.3 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▼ 6.4% worse
54.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 51.3 / 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
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
Equipment
▲ 67.3% better
3.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 10.1 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Audible warning:
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
Other
▼ 60.2% worse
66.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 41.2 / 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
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
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: 7,332
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,392
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,116
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,272
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,083
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,049
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,792
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,201
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,135
Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,188
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,868
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,270
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 840
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 789
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 784
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 775
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 705
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 693
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 689
Parking brake inoperative on one side, or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line
FAIL
Occurrences: 539