Vauxhall Crossland 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

15.3% of 51,312 MOT tests of the Vauxhall Crossland first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 103.3 (95% CI 101.0–105.6; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Vauxhall Crossland built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	15.3	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	51312
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 101.0–105.6)	103.3	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	51312
Rank among this model's 4 build years	3	of 4	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	51312
Tested in 2024	12697	tests	median 40,460 miles	2024	12697

Built 2018 against Vauxhall Crossland normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 9.8% vs 11.2%; age 4: 12.5% vs 11.7%; age 5: 17.2% vs 15.5%; age 6: 22% vs 21%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Vauxhall Crossland by registration · All Vauxhall Crossland MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2018 Vauxhall Crossland fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Vauxhall Crossland built 2018: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	13,003	9.8	9.3–10.3	11.2	87.3
4	12,885	12.5	11.9–13	11.7	106.4
5	12,727	17.2	16.5–17.8	15.5	110.8
6	12,697	22	21.2–22.7	21	104.7

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 51,312 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2018 Vauxhall Crossland?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is brakes: 6.5 items per 100 first tests, against 6.2 across all build years of the Vauxhall Crossland. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Vauxhall Crossland built 2018 against the Vauxhall Crossland in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Brakes	6.5	6.2	3,377
Body, chassis, structure	5.6	3.5	2,926
Tyres	4.8	5.3	2,511
Visibility	2.1	2	1,103
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	1.8	1.4	932

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 51,790 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 4 published build years of the Vauxhall Crossland, 2018 ranks 3 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 96.6. 2019: index 97.1.

Vauxhall Crossland build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2017	96.6	92.4–100.7	no different	12,972
2018	103.3	101.0–105.6	worse	51,312
2019	97.1	94.6–99.5	better	49,416
2020	112.8	109.6–116.1	worse	37,103

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 150,803 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Vauxhall Crossland 2018 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/vauxhall-crossland/2018/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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