Volkswagen Eos MOT reliability

Volkswagen Eoss passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 10,826 tests in 2025. 9,139 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

63%

MOTs analysed

10,826

Still licensed (GB)

9,139

Body type

Convertible

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

2013 diesel

367 MOTs

Passed first time 76%. Typical mileage 74,778 (most between 51,610 and 97,713).

2015: 92% → 2016: 87% → 2017: 90% → 2018: 86% → 2019: 85% → 2020: 82% → 2021: 81% → 2022: 78% → 2023: 76% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 76%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (5.2%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.0%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (2.7%)
Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (2.2%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.6%)

2013 petrol

76 MOTs

These figures come from 76 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 82%. Typical mileage 54,735 (most between 37,046 and 71,108).

2015: 100% → 2016: 89% → 2017: 93% → 2018: 85% → 2019: 90% → 2020: 82% → 2021: 83% → 2022: 86% → 2023: 78% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 82%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (5.3%)
Headlamp aim: too low (3.9%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.3%)
Headlamp aim: too high (1.3%)
Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak (1.3%)

Where 2013 Eoss fail

Wheels & tyres

10.1%

Suspension & axles

9.5%

Brakes

5.7%

Lights & electrics

3.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.1%

Visibility & wipers

1.1%

Body, structure & corrosion

0.8%

Steering

0.3%

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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.