Vauxhall Agila
Registered from 2000 to 2015.
About this model
The Opel Agila is a city car marketed under the German marque Opel from 2000 to 2014, as a rebadged variant of the Suzuki Wagon R+ and the Suzuki Splash. It has been marketed under the Vauxhall marque in the United Kingdom.
From the Wikipedia article Opel Agila, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2009 1.2 petrol. 1,651 of 5,961 tests failed, 28%.
Better than 31% of 2009 cars. The typical one fails 25%, across 961 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 66% | 1,095 |
| Brakes | 44% | 724 |
| Lights and electrics | 19% | 318 |
| Tyres and wheels | 14% | 235 |
| Visibility | 13% | 222 |
| Body and structure | 9% | 150 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Where it stands out against its peers
- Suspension: failed more often than 96% of 2009 cars — 66% of its 1,651 failed tests, where an ordinary 2009 car has 44%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 66% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Brakes — 44% of its failures
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Tyres and wheels — 14% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 19% of its failures
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 13% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Body and structure — 9% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
When it starts failing
At 140–160k miles this one fails 35% of its inspections, against the 29% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 14% | 11% | 139 | |
| 20–40k miles | 21% | 15% | 1,057 | |
| 40–60k miles | 26% | 20% | 1,639 | |
| 60–80k miles | 30% | 23% | 1,534 | |
| 80–100k miles | 32% | 26% | 949 | |
| 100–120k miles | 33% | 28% | 424 | |
| 120–140k miles | 35% | 29% | 151 | |
| 140–160k miles | 35% | 29% | 43 |
5,936 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 60k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 1.2 petrol · 92 hp · 1092 kg · 2363 mm wheelbase · 5.1 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2013 | 1.2 petrol · 93 hp · 1097 kg · 2360 mm wheelbase · 5.1 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2012 | 1.2 petrol · 92 hp · 1096 kg · 2363 mm wheelbase · 5.2 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2011 | 1.2 petrol · 90 hp · 1089 kg · 2360 mm wheelbase · 5.3 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2010 | 1.2 petrol · 1087 kg · 2360 mm wheelbase · 5.5 L/100km (NEDC) |