Vw MOT data

From the national MOT record: 6,183 tests across 1,189 vehicles on record.

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Vehicles on record

1,189

Average engine

N/A

MOT pass rate

74.5%

How Vw compares

Vw has an MOT pass rate of 74.5%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 6,183 tests and 1,435 since 2012 with a defect code to categorise, so the figure rests on the whole national record for this make rather than a sample of it. See what Vw vehicles fail on.

Common Vw defects

From 1,435 Vw tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 447 (31.1%)

Brakes 303 (21.1%)

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 217 (15.1%)

Nuisance (emissions and noise) 117 (8.2%)

Body, structure and attachments 87 (6.1%)

Visibility 86 (6.0%)

Steering 68 (4.7%)

Other equipment 22 (1.5%)

Registration plates and vehicle identification 13 (0.9%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common Vw MOT failures has the full breakdown, how it is worked out, and how it compares with other makes.

Vw models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model	On record	Engine	Pass rate
	420	-	76%

Check a specific Vw

These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.

Figures cover every Vw in the national MOT record, which includes vehicles since scrapped or exported, so "on record" is not a count of cars on the road. Pass rate counts every recorded MOT test, retests included.