Volkswagen Sharan MOT reliability

Volkswagen Sharans passed their MOT first time 76% of the time across 35,047 tests in 2025. 27,114 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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First-time pass rate

76%

MOTs analysed

35,047

Still licensed (GB)

27,114

Body type

Mpv

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

2022 petrol

58 MOTs

These figures come from 58 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 79%. Typical mileage 35,915 (most between 24,453 and 58,065).

2022: 100% → 2023: 88% → 2024: 82% → 2025: 79%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (5.2%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.4%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.7%)
Rear fog lamp: not working (1.7%)
Position lamp: not working (1.7%)

Where 2022 Sharans fail

Wheels & tyres

10.3%

Lights & electrics

5.2%

Brakes

3.4%

Seat belts & other equipment

1.7%

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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.