Used car guide

2008 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 49% pass first time (all 2008 cars: 57%) Stands out: rigid brake pipes 3.5×, shock absorbers 3.7×, exhaust system 2.4× 14,338 MOTsSee the petrol guide › Diesel 45% pass first time (all 2008 cars: 57%) Stands out: rigid brake pipes 4.1×, shock absorbers 3.5×, drive shaft (cv) joints 2.3× 1,302 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%
200714,035Brakes 54%
200611,611Brakes 56%
20057,220Brakes 56%
20045,314Brakes 57%
20031,113Brakes 57%