Model Reports 4 min read Updated 18 Oct 2026

Vauxhall Grandland 2022: reliability & common MOT faults

In 2025, 88 in every 100 first MOTs on a 2022 Vauxhall Grandland were passes. Most common reason for a fail: Tyre condition (front).

Summary

The 2022 Vauxhall Grandland follows the pattern of the model years either side.

At a glance

How 6,787 first tests went in 2025.

Passed first time
88 in every 100
Did not pass first time
12 in every 100807 failed first-attempt tests
The typical car
3 yearsabout 21,972 miles
First tests counted
6,787

What failed most often

  1. Tyre condition (front)23 in every 100 failed tests
  2. Tyre tread depth (front)17 in every 100 failed tests
  3. Headlight aim6 in every 100 failed tests

How we count this. Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Only Class 4 cars on their first MOT of the year are counted. A car that fails and is fixed at the test station still counts as a fail in the first-attempt rate. These are raw results, not adjusted for age, mileage, or peer mix. The MOT does not test engine or gearbox internals.

Note:

These are patterns across 2022 Vauxhall Grandland vehicles in 2025, not a prediction that any one car will have them. Faults are grouped by part of the car. A wear pattern follows age and use more than the way the car was built. They come from MOT defect codes, not manufacturer bulletins, recalls or a diagnosis of any one car.

Lamps and electrical

One fault: brake light (rear), 4.2 times as often as on similar cars.

Figures below are measured across the 807 failed first attempts in 2025 that had a mileage recorded, which allows a like-for-like comparison.

We only list faults with at least 20 failures and a rate of about 2.0 times that of similar cars, which keeps one-off results out of the list.

Brake light (rear)

Failed on 23 first tests4.2 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

All stop lamps missing or not working is graded Dangerous, and so is a stop lamp that stays on when the brakes are released. A stop lamp that is missing or not working is Major. On some vehicles with LED rear lamps, part of the stop lamp can go out when the rear fog lamp is lit, which is not regarded as a defect.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Brakes

One fault: brake performance (roller test, rear), 4.1 times as often as on similar cars.

Brake performance (roller test, rear)

Failed on 25 first tests4.1 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

A wheel with no recorded braking effort on the roller test is graded Dangerous. Inadequate effort, a brake grabbing severely, abnormal lag and excessive fluctuation in effort are each Major. So is significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied, which indicates a binding brake.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Seat belts and restraints

One fault: seat belt condition (rear), 3.2 times as often as on similar cars.

Seat belt condition (rear)

Failed on 50 first tests3.2 times as often as similar carsLikely evidence

What it means

Any sign of overstretching is a deficiency, and so is a cut anywhere on a child seat belt. On other belts the size of a cut decides it, with a stricter limit at the webbing edge than away from it. Webbing significantly stretched or weakened has rows in both Major and Dangerous grades.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Tyres

One wear pattern: tyre tread depth (front), 2.2 times as often as on similar cars.

Tyre tread depth (front)

Failed on 135 first tests2.2 times as often as similar carsWear pattern

What it means

Only primary grooves count when tread depth is assessed: those holding the wear indicators, or cut as deep as those when new. Shallower secondary grooves are ignored. Tread depth below the minimum for the vehicle is Dangerous, and so is a pattern not visible over the whole tread, but that second row applies only to vehicles that need the lower minimum.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Advisories

Other things testers noted as worn or close to failing, more often than on similar cars.

An advisory is a note from the tester about something that has not failed yet. It is an early warning, not a fail.

Tyre tread depth (rear)

Noted on 139 first tests2.1 times as often as similar carsWear pattern

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Counts cover advisories recorded on failed first tests only, compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

MOT pass rates

How first tests ended, and how the pass rates are counted.

Passed first time
88in every 100
Passed on the first test.
Fixed at the station
2in every 100
Failed, then fixed at the test station the same day.
Failed
10in every 100
Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.

First-attempt pass 88.1% of 6,787 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 90.3%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 2 fixed and the 10 not fixed make the 12 in every 100 that did not pass first time.

By fuel type

First testsTypical mileagePassed first time, as testedPassed first time, same mileage
Petrol5,27321,244 miles8888
Diesel89324,841 miles8889
Hybrid62125,965 miles8990

Figures are in every 100 first tests. Cars with more miles usually fail more often, so the same-mileage figure gives every fuel the mileage mix of all the cars in this year.

Same model, other years

Passed first time in every 100, all tested in 2025.

40608010020182019202020212022Older cars
40608010020182019202020212022Older cars

Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb.

YearPassed first timeFirst tests
201876 in every 10015,274
201983 in every 10021,411
202086 in every 10017,702
202189 in every 10010,230
2022 This car88 in every 1006,787

If you are buying one

What this year's MOT record means for the decision in front of you.

Mileage makes a modest difference on a 2022 Grandland.

Of 2022 Grandland vehicles with under 14,000 miles, 93 in every 100 passed their 2025 MOT first time. With 33,000 miles or more, 85 in every 100 did.

Under 14,0001,434 tests
93
14,000–19,0001,212 tests
90
19,000–25,000 Typical car1,434 tests
87
25,000–33,0001,341 tests
85
33,000 and over1,366 tests
85

What to check at your mileage

How often each fault turned up on a failed first test, by the car's mileage. Read it as: what is likely to need looking at on a car like the one in front of you.

Under 14,00019,000–25,00033,000 and over
Tyre condition (front)2.03.52.1
Tyre tread depth (front)0.12.82.0
Headlight aim0.80.50.7
Seat belt condition (rear)0.40.61.0

Faults per 100 first tests, by the car's mileage at the test.

When a car fails

65in every 100

of failed cars had one item to fix.

11in every 100

of failed cars had three or more items to fix.

4in every 100

of all first tests had a defect the tester marked dangerous (unsafe to drive away).

Every figure here is a first-attempt MOT rate from DVSA open data for this model line, for cars of this model year tested in 2025. Each mileage band holds a fifth of the tests. MOTs do not test engine or gearbox internals, so this is a pre-purchase checklist, not a full reliability score.

FAQs

Short answers about how to read this model-year guide.

The 2022 Vauxhall Grandland follows the pattern of the model years either side. Its main cause of failure was Tyre condition (front), about 23 in every 100 failed tests. In 2025, 88.1% of 6,787 first MOTs on the 2022 Vauxhall Grandland passed first time (PRS: items fixed at the station the same day, counted as a fail). The official-style rate including PRS is 90.3%. Among 807 failed first-attempt MOT tests (test year 2025), Brake light (rear) appears more often than on similar cars (2.9% of those tests; 23 observed failures; about 4.2× more often than similar cars). There is no single reliability score here; this is a pre-purchase checklist built from DVSA open data, not a guarantee for any individual car.
Ranked by how often they were actually recorded, the items that most often failed a 2022 Vauxhall Grandland at the first attempt were Tyre condition (front) (22.8%), Tyre tread depth (front) (16.7%) and Headlight aim (6.4%), each as a share of the year's failed first attempts. That is what goes wrong most often on the car. The common faults table shows a different measure: faults that are unusual compared with similar cars.
Among failed first-attempt tests we highlight patterns that appear more often than on similar cars. Top example: Brake light (rear) (2.9% of those tests; 23 observed failures; about 4.2× more often than similar cars). These are statistical signals, not a diagnosis of any individual car.
Brake light (rear) shows up more often than on similar cars (2.9% of those tests; 23 observed failures; about 4.2× more often than similar cars). That does not prove a design fault. Age, mileage, and how the car was used still matter. Treat it as a pre-purchase checkpoint, not a manufacturer service bulletin.
Common MOT problem areas for the 2022 Vauxhall Grandland include Brake light (rear), Brake performance (roller test, rear), Seat belt condition (rear). These are the faults that stand out compared with similar cars, not a complete list of what can go wrong on any individual car.
Advisories flag issues noted at the test and are not a fail rate. We show advisory patterns that appear more often than on similar cars among failed first-attempt tests, separate from common failure rows. Use them as early-warning checks, not as a pass/fail score.
This page highlights MOT failure patterns for the 2022 Vauxhall Grandland (registration year) using UK DVSA open data for the selected test year. Patterns are compared with cars of a similar age and mileage. It is a buyer checklist from MOT defect statistics, not a full service history or manufacturer service-bulletin list.
No. MOT tests do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronic modules. Patterns here come from MOT defect statistics only and should not be read as engine or gearbox reliability scores.

About this data

How this page is built and what it can (and can't) say.

These figures come from UK MOT open data for this model year. We surface common failure patterns against similar cars, not a full reliability score, and not a pass/fail verdict on any individual vehicle.

2024 2025

What we include

UK Class 4 cars only. Normal MOT tests (not retests); first test per vehicle per calendar year; results pass, PRS, or fail.

Same-day repairs

PRS means the car failed items that were fixed at the test station and then passed the same day. We count PRS as a first-attempt fail in headline rates so same-day repairs do not hide problems.

How we compare

We compare this model year with other Class 4 cars of similar age and mileage in the same test year. This model family is left out of the peer group so the car is not measured against itself.

What this does not cover

  • MOTs do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronics; this is not a full reliability score.
  • Common faults come from MOT defect stats, not manufacturer TSBs or recalls.
  • Age and mileage matching reduces, but does not remove, differences in how cars were used and maintained.
  • If the data for a car is too thin to say anything useful, we say so rather than guess.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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