Volkswagen Abt MOT reliability

Volkswagen Abts passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 751 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

86%

MOTs analysed

751

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2020 electric

60 MOTs

These figures come from 60 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 87%. Typical mileage 13,881 (most between 9,591 and 23,063).

2023: 91% → 2024: 92% → 2025: 87%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (5.0%)
Stop lamp: not working (5.0%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.3%)
Headlamp aim: too high (3.3%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.7%)

Where 2020 Abts fail

Wheels & tyres

8.3%

Lights & electrics

6.7%

Visibility & wipers

1.7%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.