Volkswagen Move MOT reliability

Volkswagen Moves passed their MOT first time 81% of the time across 607 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

81%

MOTs analysed

607

Still licensed (GB)

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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

2012 petrol

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 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 40%. Typical mileage 57,335 (most between 44,410 and 84,842).

2014: 100% → 2015: 89% → 2016: 87% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 80% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 40% → 2023: 40% → 2024: 60% → 2025: 40%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: excessively binding (40.0%)
Exhaust system: system insecure (20.0%)
Hand lever: has insufficient reserve travel (20.0%)
Fuel cap/sealing device: ineffective (20.0%)

Where 2012 Moves fail

Brakes

60.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

20.0%

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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.