Volkswagen Amarok MOT reliability

Volkswagen Amaroks passed their MOT first time 75% of the time across 20,457 tests in 2025. 26,981 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

75%

MOTs analysed

20,457

Still licensed (GB)

26,981

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

2019 diesel

3,057 MOTs

Passed first time 83%. Typical mileage 68,576 (most between 50,653 and 90,797).

2019: 100% → 2020: 97% → 2021: 94% → 2022: 88% → 2023: 85% → 2024: 84% → 2025: 83%

Most common failures

Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (4.4%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.5%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (1.8%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.3%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (1.3%)

Where 2019 Amaroks fail

Brakes

7.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

4.7%

Lights & electrics

4.0%

Wheels & tyres

3.2%

Suspension & axles

1.7%

Steering

1.4%

Visibility & wipers

1.4%

Body, structure & corrosion

0.4%

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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.