Does the Vauxhall Ampera fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?

The Vauxhall Ampera records 9.98 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.93 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.05, 95% interval +0.33 to +1.78). It ranks 204 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on tyres?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Vauxhall Ampera is “A tyre seriously damaged”, recorded 249 times in 2019–2024.

Vauxhall Ampera: most frequent tyres defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A tyre seriously damaged	249	3.41
A tyre cords visible or damaged	211	2.89
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	175	2.40
A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative	58	0.80

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 7,294 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

If a Vauxhall Ampera gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

10.2% of Vauxhall Ampera MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 7,361 miles later (1,453 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,453 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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Does the Vauxhall Ampera fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?

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