Vauxhall Vectra years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 35,130 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 2009. The worst is the 2009, which fails its MOT 15% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Vauxhall Vectra 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 Vectra 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 Vectra
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2004	1,732	40.2%	about average
2005	2,955	39.4%	about average
2006	6,025	39.1%	about average
2007	10,476	39.1%	about average
2008	11,871	39.2%	about average
2009 Worst	2,071	38.4%	15% worse

How this is worked out

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