Volkswagen Motor MOT reliability

Volkswagen Motors passed their MOT first time 67% of the time across 1,573 tests in 2025. 5,223 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

67%

MOTs analysed

1,573

Still licensed (GB)

5,223

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

2020 diesel

20 MOTs

These figures come from 20 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 70%. Typical mileage 60,068 (most between 42,435 and 82,781).

2021: 50% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 92% → 2025: 70%

Most common failures

Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn (10.0%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (5.0%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (5.0%)
Driver's view: of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (5.0%)
Headlamp aim: too high (5.0%)

Where 2020 Motors fail

Wheels & tyres

15.0%

Suspension & axles

15.0%

Lights & electrics

5.0%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

5.0%

Visibility & wipers

5.0%

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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.