Volkswagen Jetta MOT pass rate by year
How the Volkswagen Jetta's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1983 to 2017, across the DVSA record.
What is the Volkswagen Jetta MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volkswagen Jetta 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 Jetta averages 23.1% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 1,122 |
| 1986 | 68.0% | 32.0% | 1,375 |
| 1987 | 66.3% | 33.7% | 1,578 |
| 1988 | 66.9% | 33.1% | 2,923 |
| 1989 | 65.4% | 34.6% | 4,735 |
| 1990 | 67.0% | 33.0% | 6,722 |
| 1991 | 65.3% | 34.7% | 6,837 |
| 2005 | 75.5% | 24.5% | 2,281 |
| 2006 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 99,388 |
| 2007 | 76.3% | 23.7% | 99,062 |
| 2008 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 56,754 |
| 2009 | 78.3% | 21.7% | 33,211 |
| 2010 | 77.7% | 22.3% | 17,273 |
| 2011 | 78.5% | 21.5% | 21,587 |
| 2012 | 79.2% | 20.8% | 24,095 |
| 2013 | 79.3% | 20.7% | 18,451 |
| 2014 | 79.9% | 20.1% | 14,817 |
| 2015 | 81.1% | 18.9% | 13,840 |
| 2016 | 81.2% | 18.8% | 7,846 |
| 2017 | 83.0% | 17.0% | 3,134 |
Does age change how often a Volkswagen Jetta fails?
Older Volkswagen Jettas fail more often, as expected. The 1983 cars fail 31.1% of tests against 17.0% for the 2017. Across every year the model averages 23.1%. The 1991 is the weakest year at 34.7%, and the 2017 the strongest at 17.0%.
More on the Volkswagen Jetta
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Volkswagen Jetta: 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