# Volkswagen Up MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Volkswagen Up passes its MOT first time 79% of the time, from 127,385 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 79%
- MOT tests analysed: 127,385 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 129,063 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2024 | Petrol | 18 (very few mots) | 94% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 65 (few mots) | 92% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 2,408 | 90% |
| 2022 | Electric | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 3,064 | 91% |
| 2021 | Electric | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 3,251 | 91% |
| 2020 | Electric | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 8,286 | 88% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 12,845 | 85% |
| 2018 | Electric | 22 (few mots) | 96% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 13,179 | 81% |
| 2017 | Electric | 21 (few mots) | 86% |
| 2017 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2017 | Hybrid | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 12,805 | 76% |
| 2016 | Electric | 18 (very few mots) | 83% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 16,241 | 78% |
| 2015 | Electric | 30 (few mots) | 73% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 21,025 | 77% |
| 2014 | Electric | 79 (few mots) | 85% |
| 2014 | Hybrid | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 20,153 | 76% |
| 2013 | Electric | 25 (few mots) | 88% |
| 2013 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2013 | GB | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 13,821 | 74% |
| 2012 | Diesel | 7 (very few mots) | 71% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 4 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

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