Volkswagen Motor MOT pass rate by year
How the Volkswagen Motor's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1980 to 2008, across the DVSA record.
What is the Volkswagen Motor MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volkswagen Motor 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 Motor averages 32.3% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 67.1% | 32.9% | 2,235 |
| 1981 | 63.7% | 36.3% | 1,486 |
| 1982 | 65.5% | 34.5% | 2,047 |
| 1983 | 64.9% | 35.1% | 1,405 |
| 1989 | 71.6% | 28.4% | 1,494 |
| 1990 | 71.3% | 28.7% | 1,734 |
| 1991 | 72.6% | 27.4% | 1,043 |
| 2005 | 71.2% | 28.8% | 1,161 |
| 2006 | 71.6% | 28.4% | 1,120 |
| 2007 | 71.8% | 28.2% | 1,116 |
| 2008 | 69.5% | 30.5% | 1,077 |
Does age change how often a Volkswagen Motor fails?
Older Volkswagen Motors fail more often, as expected. The 1980 cars fail 32.9% of tests against 30.5% for the 2008. Across every year the model averages 32.3%. The 1981 is the weakest year at 36.3%, and the 1991 the strongest at 27.4%.
More on the Volkswagen Motor
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Volkswagen Motor: 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