Does the Vauxhall Corsavan fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Vauxhall Corsavan records 21.20 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 17.11 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+4.09, 95% interval +3.60 to +4.57). It ranks 147 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 Corsavan is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 1,092 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 1,092 | 3.14 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 788 | 2.27 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 681 | 1.96 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 471 | 1.36 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 464 | 1.34 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 34,739 (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 Corsavan gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
19.0% of Vauxhall Corsavan MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.2 months and 5,154 miles later (5,073 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,073 (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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