Volkswagen T2 MOT reliability

Volkswagen T2s passed their MOT first time 70% of the time across 239 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

70%

MOTs analysed

239

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

24 MOTs

These figures come from 24 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 38,500 (most between 23,357 and 53,552).

2014: 100% → 2015: 14% → 2016: 77% → 2017: 62% → 2018: 71% → 2019: 74% → 2020: 71% → 2021: 59% → 2022: 68% → 2023: 71% → 2024: 72% → 2025: 79%

Most common failures

Reversing lamps: inoperative (4.2%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (4.2%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.2%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (4.2%)
Registration plate lamp(s): missing in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (4.2%)

Where 2012 T2s fail

Lights & electrics

16.7%

Brakes

8.3%

Body, structure & corrosion

4.2%

Wheels & tyres

4.2%

Visibility & wipers

4.2%

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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.