Chevrolet Volt
Registered from 2012 to 2013.
About this model
The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle car that was manufactured across two generations by General Motors, and also marketed in rebadged variants as the Holden Volt in Australia and New Zealand and the Buick Velite 5 in China, and with a different fascia as the Vauxhall Ampera in the United Kingdom and as the Opel Ampera in the remainder of Europe. Volt production ended in February 2019. While similar in some ways to hybrid vehicles, the Chevy Volt is an electric car with an onboard gasoline generator.
From the Wikipedia article Chevrolet Volt, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2012 electric. 10 of 51 tests failed, 20%.
Better than 58% of 2012 cars. The typical one fails 21%, across 925 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 40% | 4 |
| Tyres and wheels | 40% | 4 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 30% | 3 |
| Body and structure | 20% | 2 |
| Brakes | 10% | 1 |
| Suspension | 10% | 1 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A tyre not fitted in compliance with the manufacturers sidewall instruction
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Tyres and wheels — 40% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A tyre not fitted in compliance with the manufacturers sidewall instruction
- Exhaust and emissions — 30% of its failures
- Brakes — 10% of its failures
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- Suspension — 10% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Lights and electrics — 40% of its failures
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 20% of its failures