Volkswagen Delivery MOT reliability

Volkswagen Deliverys passed their MOT first time 64% of the time across 114 tests in 2025. 1,323 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

64%

MOTs analysed

114

Still licensed (GB)

1,323

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

1979 petrol

23 MOTs

These figures come from 23 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 44%. Typical mileage 55,226 (most between 43,710 and 86,255).

2005: 56% → 2006: 50% → 2007: 46% → 2008: 42% → 2009: 47% → 2010: 47% → 2011: 47% → 2012: 45% → 2013: 48% → 2014: 53% → 2015: 57% → 2016: 57% → 2017: 62% → 2018: 56% → 2019: 55% → 2020: 71% → 2021: 68% → 2022: 59% → 2023: 58% → 2024: 54% → 2025: 44%

Most common failures

Non catalyst emissions: emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (21.7%)
Washers: not working (13.0%)
Non catalyst emissions: emissions hydrocarbon content excessive (13.0%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (8.7%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (8.7%)

Where 1979 Deliverys fail

Lights & electrics

26.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

26.1%

Brakes

21.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

13.0%

Suspension & axles

13.0%

Visibility & wipers

13.0%

Steering

4.3%

Seat belts & other equipment

4.3%

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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.