Volkswagen Microbus MOT reliability

Volkswagen Microbuss passed their MOT first time 81% of the time across 78 tests in 2025. 199 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 78 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

81%

MOTs analysed

78

Still licensed (GB)

199

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

2016 petrol

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 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 33%. Typical mileage 37,643 (most between 29,479 and 52,950).

2021: 40% → 2022: 0% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 25% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements (33.3%)
Individual direction indicators: adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (33.3%)
Headlamp aim not tested: unable to be tested (33.3%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (33.3%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (33.3%)

Where 2016 Microbuss fail

Brakes

33.3%

Lights & electrics

33.3%

Visibility & wipers

33.3%

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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.