Does the Vauxhall Grandland fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Vauxhall Grandland records 1.93 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.48 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.45, 95% interval +1.39 to +1.51). It ranks 203 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Vauxhall Grandland is “A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated”, recorded 1,738 times in 2019–2024.

Vauxhall Grandland: most frequent body, chassis and structure defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated	1,738	0.93
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc	878	0.47
Fuel system leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap	686	0.37
Exhaust system leaking or insecure	56	0.03
A body panel or body component damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure	46	0.02

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 187,275 (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 Grandland fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

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