Vauxhall Grandland review - Reliability & safety

Euro NCAP toughened up its testing procedures not so long ago, so the Vauxhall Grandland's full five-star result from this independent safety body is all the more impressive.

Less impressive, unfortunately, was Vauxhall's performance in our 2022 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, which rated the company some way below average.

Vauxhall Grandland reliability

Sharing a platform with the Peugeot 3008 means the Grandland has been engineered with the collective wisdom of two significant car makers, but while Peugeot came ninth out of 32 manufacturers in our 2023 Driver Power poll, Vauxhall could only manage 24th place. The pre-facelift Grandland X performed fairly well, coming 24th out of 75 cars in our owner satisfaction survey in 2022, but it slipped to 52nd in 2023.

Less impressive, unfortunately, was Vauxhall's performance in our 2023 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, which rated the company somewhat below average.

Safety

There are fewer reservations where the Grandland's safety credentials are concerned. Euro NCAP gave it the full five stars, with 84% adult occupant and 87% child occupant scores. As cars tend to post lower scores for the safety afforded to children than for adults, this is an impressive result.

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The Grandland's 60% score in the safety assist category is down partly because of autonomous emergency braking (AEB) not being standard across the range when it was tested. In the UK, however, AEB is fitted to all facelifted Grandlands.

Safety kit is bolstered in higher trims, with Ultimate bringing adaptive Pixel Matrix headlights, along with blind-spot alerts, advanced park assist and a 360-degree camera. Highway integration assist is also included, which can keep pace with other traffic on the motorway and helps keep the Grandland central in its lane.