Volkswagen Golf MOT reliability

Volkswagen Golfs passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 7 tests in 2025.

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These figures come from only 7 MOT tests. 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.

First-time pass rate

86%

MOTs analysed

7

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

2002 diesel

1 MOT

Passed first time 100%. Typical mileage 183,437 (most between 183,437 and 183,437).

2005: 100% → 2006: 100% → 2007: 50% → 2008: 100% → 2009: 0% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 0% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 60% → 2016: 33% → 2017: 0% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 0% → 2022: 0% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 100%

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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.