Volkswagen T5 MOT reliability

Volkswagen T5s passed their MOT first time 53% of the time across 76 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 76 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

53%

MOTs analysed

76

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

2009 diesel

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 0%. Typical mileage 192,814 (most between 192,814 and 192,814).

2012: 100% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 0% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 0% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (100.0%)
Track rod end: ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (100.0%)

Where 2009 T5s fail

Lights & electrics

100.0%

Steering

100.0%

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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.