Volkswagen Scirocco MOT reliability

Volkswagen Sciroccos passed their MOT first time 68% of the time across 45,862 tests in 2025. 41,601 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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First-time pass rate

68%

MOTs analysed

45,862

Still licensed (GB)

41,601

Body type

Coupe

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

2,819 MOTs

Passed first time 81%. Typical mileage 63,468 (most between 49,579 and 77,661).

2018: 85% → 2019: 82% → 2020: 85% → 2021: 85% → 2022: 84% → 2023: 82% → 2024: 82% → 2025: 81%

Most common failures

Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.5%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.9%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.8%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.3%)
Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak (1.2%)

2016 diesel

2,405 MOTs

Passed first time 75%. Typical mileage 75,323 (most between 60,183 and 92,727).

2017: 100% → 2018: 81% → 2019: 80% → 2020: 84% → 2021: 82% → 2022: 80% → 2023: 78% → 2024: 77% → 2025: 75%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (4.0%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.0%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.7%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (2.0%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.7%)

Where 2016 Sciroccos fail

Wheels & tyres

7.8%

Brakes

5.1%

Lights & electrics

3.8%

Suspension & axles

3.8%

Visibility & wipers

2.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

0.9%

Steering

0.6%

Seat belts & other equipment

0.5%

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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.