Does the Vauxhall Crossland fail the MOT on steering more than it should?

The Vauxhall Crossland records 0.15 steering failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.34 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) (−0.19, 95% interval −0.22 to −0.17). It ranks 245 of 640 models on steering (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on steering?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Vauxhall Crossland is “A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play”, recorded 196 times in 2019–2024.

Vauxhall Crossland: most frequent steering defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play	196	0.11

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 171,640 (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

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Does the Vauxhall Crossland fail the MOT on steering more than it should?

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