Vauxhall Insignia years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 216,834 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2014 to 2020. The worst is the 2016, which fails its MOT 49% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Vauxhall Insignia you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Insignia model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Vauxhall Insignia
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2009	12,189	33.1%	about average
2010	16,666	30.3%	about average
2011	26,255	28.5%	about average
2012	22,399	28.0%	about average
2013	22,261	28.4%	about average
2014	26,346	29.5%	30% worse
2015	29,566	26.8%	37% worse
2016 Worst	22,959	25.1%	49% worse
2017	15,796	18.6%	30% worse
2018	12,972	14.3%	19% worse
2019	8,221	14.2%	39% worse
2020	1,204	11.5%	25% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Vauxhall Insignia, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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