Vauxhall Mokka years to avoid

Based on 219,500 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 2013 and 2015 to 2017. The worst is the 2017, which fails its MOT 25% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Vauxhall Mokka 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 Mokka 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 Mokka
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2013	12,804	29.6%	16% worse
2014	31,954	25.5%	about average
2015	43,383	23.1%	18% worse
2016	40,086	20.8%	23% worse
2017 Worst	36,868	17.9%	25% worse
2018	31,811	13.1%	about average
2019	22,594	9.9%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Vauxhall Mokka, 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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