Used car guide

2005 Vauxhall Meriva: petrol or diesel?

Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.

Petrol 46% pass first time (all 2005 cars: 57%) Stands out: rigid brake pipes 2.5×, drive shaft (cv) joints 2.6×, steering rack inner joints 3.6× 6,424 MOTsSee the petrol guide › Diesel 48% pass first time (all 2005 cars: 57%) Stands out: rigid brake pipes 2.7×, steering rack inner joints 4.2×, shock absorbers 2.3× 796 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›

Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.

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Other years

Every year of the Vauxhall Meriva compared

YearMOT testsMost flagged
2018–Too few tests
201713,304Tyres 30%
201619,292Tyres 30%
201524,502Tyres 31%
201422,561Tyres 32%
201323,097Tyres 33%
201226,392Tyres 35%
201143,299Suspension 38%
201029,016Suspension 43%
200915,671Suspension 52%
200815,640Suspension 55%
200714,035Brakes 54%
200611,611Brakes 56%
20045,314Brakes 57%
20031,113Brakes 57%