Vauxhall ZAFIRA - 2013
259.4 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2013 is 221.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Vauxhall ZAFIRA, model year 2013.
Sample size: 28,072 cars, 62,536 tests and 162,224 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 28,072 cars
The 2013 Vauxhall Zafira has an overall defect rate of 259 per 100 vehicles, which is 18% higher than the average for its year at 219 per 100. Notably, as mileage increases, the defect rate also rises, particularly in the higher mileage categories where the Zafira shows a significant increase. While it performs better than average in steering defects, it struggles in several other areas, including lights and electrics, body structure, and equipment, where defect rates are considerably higher than those of similar vehicles. Overall, the Zafira presents a mixed performance, with particular concerns in key safety and structural areas.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 28,072 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 19.7% worse
117.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 98.4 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 58.9% better
5.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 12.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- 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
Visibility
▼ 6.7% worse
19.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear 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: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 29.1% worse
64.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.1 / 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
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 4.7% worse
230.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 219.6 / 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
▼ 34.5% worse
26.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- 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
▼ 50.0% worse
7.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▼ 140.3% worse
47.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.6 / 100 tests
- 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
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- 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: 22,774
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 12,970
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 11,038
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 9,289
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,339
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,159
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,713
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,506
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,646
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,703
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,756
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,727
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,210
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,887
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,790
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,188
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,164
Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,107
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,058
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,027