Does the Vauxhall Combo Life fail the MOT on suspension more than it should?

The Vauxhall Combo Life records 0.47 suspension failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.92 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.45, 95% interval −0.66 to −0.23). It ranks 283 of 701 models on suspension (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on suspension · check a Vauxhall Combo Life by registration

No single suspension defect wording reaches 30 items on the Vauxhall Combo Life; the failures are spread across several.