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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.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198067.1%32.9%2,235
198163.7%36.3%1,486
198265.5%34.5%2,047
198364.9%35.1%1,405
198971.6%28.4%1,494
199071.3%28.7%1,734
199172.6%27.4%1,043
200571.2%28.8%1,161
200671.6%28.4%1,120
200771.8%28.2%1,116
200869.5%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
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