2011 Vauxhall Meriva 1.2L Diesel · SB11 AAJ

The 2011 Vauxhall Meriva demonstrates a stable roadworthiness trend, with the latest DVSA examination on 22 October 2024 at 100,191 miles, roughly twenty-one months before the current date, resulting in a pass with no defects recorded. Prior tests in October 2023 at 90,708 miles and October 2022 at 82,074 miles likewise returned clean passes. On 4 December 2021 the vehicle first failed at 77,001 miles yet passed later the same day at identical mileage with no faults cited, a pattern consistent with an administrative re-test rather than a mechanical defect. The maintenance history therefore shows no worsening faults and no recurring advisories across the observed period. Mileage advanced from 77,001 miles in December 2021 to 82,074 miles by October 2022, then to 90,708 miles in October 2023 and 100,191 miles by October 2024. This reflects annual usage of roughly 8,000 to 10,000 miles, slightly above the lifetime average of 6,679 miles per year implied by the total odometer reading for a fifteen-year-old vehicle. The test schedule shows no lapse beyond thirteen months between recorded examinations, indicating the keeper maintained timely statutory checks. Official records commence only in late 2021, leaving the first decade of wear undocumented, and the supplied data ends in October 2024, leaving the current MOT status expired absent a later unlisted test. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of age-sensitive components despite the absent advisories. The tester logged no corrosion or suspension concerns, but Meriva models of this vintage commonly develop degraded suspension bushes and fatigued coil springs that a brief road test may expose. Brake discs and calipers must be measured for wear after 100,191 miles, and the exhaust system warrants scrutiny for internal catalyst breakdown even though emissions passed. Structural integrity around sills and subframes requires visual assessment for rust, as the clean MOT sheets provide no coverage of hidden structural decay. The fault-free record suggests previous owners attended to consumables such as tyres and wiper blades outside the test bay, yet the sparse early history means pre-2021 care remains unverified.