Does the Vauxhall Antara fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Vauxhall Antara records 16.80 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 9.84 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+6.96, 95% interval +6.75 to +7.18). It ranks 94 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Vauxhall Antara is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 5,700 times in 2019–2024.

Vauxhall Antara: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	5,700	4.04
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	3,804	2.69
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	2,478	1.76
Parking brake inoperative on one side	2,362	1.67
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value	1,515	1.07

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 141,180 (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 Antara gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

14.7% of Vauxhall Antara MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,183 miles later (27,767 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 27,767 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Vauxhall Antara fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

What exactly fails on brakes?

If a Vauxhall Antara gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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