Vauxhall Insig
Registered in 2015.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2015 2.0 diesel. 16 of 63 tests failed, 25%.
Better than 4% of 2015 cars. The typical one fails 15%, across 894 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 56% | 9 |
| Brakes | 31% | 5 |
| Visibility | 31% | 5 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 19% | 3 |
| Lights and electrics | 19% | 3 |
| Tyres and wheels | 19% | 3 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Where it stands out against its peers
- Suspension: failed more often than 94% of 2015 cars — 56% of its 16 failed tests, where an ordinary 2015 car has 25%.
- Visibility: failed more often than 97% of 2015 cars — 31% of its 16 failed tests, where an ordinary 2015 car has 12%.
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 — 56% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brakes — 31% of its failures
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Exhaust and emissions — 19% of its failures
- Tyres and wheels — 19% of its failures
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Lights and electrics — 19% of its failures
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
- Visibility — 31% of its failures
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured and affecting the driver's view of the road or of an obligatory external mirror