Volkswagen Atlas MOT reliability

Volkswagen Atlass passed their MOT first time 80% of the time across 46 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 46 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

80%

MOTs analysed

46

Still licensed (GB)

–

Body type

Suv

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

2021 petrol

9 MOTs

These figures come from only 9 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 56%. Typical mileage 54,374 (most between 46,379 and 58,374).

2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 80% → 2024: 86% → 2025: 56%

Most common failures

Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (22.2%)
Headlamp aim: too high (11.1%)
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative (11.1%)
Rear fog lamp: missing (11.1%)
Rear fog lamp tell-tale: not working (11.1%)

Where 2021 Atlass fail

Wheels & tyres

33.3%

Lights & electrics

22.2%

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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.