Volkswagen Golf MOT pass rate by year
How the Volkswagen Golf's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1980 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Volkswagen Golf MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volkswagen Golf model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Volkswagen Golf averages 24.7% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 67.8% | 32.2% | 2,092 |
| 1981 | 66.1% | 33.9% | 5,088 |
| 1982 | 66.3% | 33.7% | 12,330 |
| 1983 | 68.4% | 31.6% | 35,285 |
| 1984 | 66.5% | 33.5% | 13,245 |
| 1985 | 65.4% | 34.6% | 17,825 |
| 1986 | 64.9% | 35.1% | 25,143 |
| 1987 | 64.7% | 35.3% | 37,155 |
| 1988 | 63.8% | 36.2% | 63,070 |
| 1989 | 64.4% | 35.6% | 105,572 |
| 1990 | 65.4% | 34.6% | 136,277 |
| 1991 | 65.6% | 34.4% | 135,502 |
| 1992 | 63.9% | 36.1% | 113,959 |
| 1993 | 63.4% | 36.6% | 141,977 |
| 1994 | 63.3% | 36.7% | 223,012 |
| 1995 | 64.1% | 35.9% | 299,394 |
| 1996 | 65.1% | 34.9% | 422,064 |
| 1997 | 65.6% | 34.4% | 361,141 |
| 1998 | 66.1% | 33.9% | 497,403 |
| 1999 | 66.6% | 33.4% | 875,701 |
| 2000 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 983,612 |
| 2001 | 70.0% | 30.0% | 1,248,497 |
| 2002 | 71.1% | 28.9% | 1,555,031 |
| 2003 | 72.4% | 27.6% | 1,350,046 |
| 2004 | 71.9% | 28.1% | 1,215,526 |
| 2005 | 73.1% | 26.9% | 1,274,130 |
| 2006 | 73.8% | 26.2% | 1,256,213 |
| 2007 | 75.5% | 24.5% | 1,304,261 |
| 2008 | 76.0% | 24.0% | 1,109,090 |
| 2009 | 78.2% | 21.8% | 979,394 |
| 2010 | 78.0% | 22.0% | 904,813 |
| 2011 | 78.9% | 21.1% | 893,204 |
| 2012 | 80.6% | 19.4% | 802,829 |
| 2013 | 83.4% | 16.6% | 744,216 |
| 2014 | 84.9% | 15.1% | 765,517 |
| 2015 | 86.4% | 13.6% | 700,892 |
| 2016 | 87.4% | 12.6% | 584,541 |
| 2017 | 88.2% | 11.8% | 556,921 |
| 2018 | 88.2% | 11.8% | 407,736 |
| 2019 | 89.6% | 10.4% | 282,870 |
| 2020 | 91.2% | 8.8% | 161,296 |
| 2021 | 90.9% | 9.1% | 88,325 |
| 2022 | 92.4% | 7.6% | 45,896 |
| 2023 | 92.1% | 7.9% | 12,127 |
Does age change how often a Volkswagen Golf fails?
Older Volkswagen Golfs fail more often, as expected. The 1980 cars fail 32.2% of tests against 7.9% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 24.7%. The 1994 is the weakest year at 36.7%, and the 2022 the strongest at 7.6%.
More on the Volkswagen Golf
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
|---|
| Volkswagen Golf: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Volkswagen models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain