# Volkswagen Amarok MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Volkswagen Amarok passes its MOT first time 75% of the time, from 20,457 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 75%
- MOT tests analysed: 20,457 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Brakes
- Licensed in Great Britain: 26,981 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | Diesel | 5 (very few mots) | 80% |
| 2021 | Diesel | 17 (very few mots) | 82% |
| 2020 | Diesel | 1,630 | 85% |
| 2019 | Diesel | 3,057 | 83% |
| 2018 | Diesel | 2,626 | 80% |
| 2017 | Diesel | 2,169 | 78% |
| 2016 | Diesel | 2,435 | 73% |
| 2015 | Diesel | 2,724 | 71% |
| 2014 | Diesel | 2,203 | 71% |
| 2013 | Diesel | 1,821 | 69% |
| 2012 | Diesel | 1,218 | 67% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 67% |
| 2011 | Diesel | 548 | 62% |
| 1987 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

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