Volkswagen Urban MOT reliability

Volkswagen Urbans passed their MOT first time 52% of the time across 23 tests in 2025. 11,036 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 23 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

52%

MOTs analysed

23

Still licensed (GB)

11,036

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

2008 petrol

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 107,609 (most between 107,609 and 107,609).

2010: 90% → 2011: 80% → 2012: 81% → 2013: 78% → 2014: 72% → 2015: 64% → 2016: 62% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 0% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 33% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (100.0%)

Where 2008 Urbans fail

Lights & electrics

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.