Volkswagen Passat MOT pass rate by year
How the Volkswagen Passat's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1986 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Volkswagen Passat MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volkswagen Passat 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 Passat averages 26.3% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 1,253 |
| 1987 | 65.5% | 34.5% | 2,111 |
| 1988 | 62.2% | 37.8% | 2,166 |
| 1989 | 62.8% | 37.2% | 5,631 |
| 1990 | 61.8% | 38.2% | 9,395 |
| 1991 | 62.6% | 37.4% | 10,727 |
| 1992 | 61.7% | 38.3% | 15,301 |
| 1993 | 62.2% | 37.8% | 16,520 |
| 1994 | 63.2% | 36.8% | 36,697 |
| 1995 | 64.1% | 35.9% | 34,607 |
| 1996 | 64.6% | 35.4% | 49,792 |
| 1997 | 62.8% | 37.2% | 125,589 |
| 1998 | 63.6% | 36.4% | 284,425 |
| 1999 | 64.9% | 35.1% | 306,112 |
| 2000 | 66.4% | 33.6% | 283,554 |
| 2001 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 400,867 |
| 2002 | 71.0% | 29.0% | 496,596 |
| 2003 | 72.0% | 28.0% | 510,872 |
| 2004 | 72.1% | 27.9% | 437,883 |
| 2005 | 72.4% | 27.6% | 462,127 |
| 2006 | 72.8% | 27.2% | 497,499 |
| 2007 | 75.9% | 24.1% | 483,606 |
| 2008 | 76.2% | 23.8% | 381,740 |
| 2009 | 76.0% | 24.0% | 336,248 |
| 2010 | 76.3% | 23.7% | 277,275 |
| 2011 | 78.5% | 21.5% | 339,520 |
| 2012 | 79.0% | 21.0% | 252,670 |
| 2013 | 79.9% | 20.1% | 186,084 |
| 2014 | 80.7% | 19.3% | 195,824 |
| 2015 | 83.1% | 16.9% | 176,555 |
| 2016 | 84.3% | 15.7% | 146,506 |
| 2017 | 85.8% | 14.2% | 118,243 |
| 2018 | 86.3% | 13.7% | 75,124 |
| 2019 | 87.8% | 12.2% | 41,256 |
| 2020 | 89.2% | 10.8% | 24,845 |
| 2021 | 88.8% | 11.2% | 11,699 |
| 2022 | 89.5% | 10.5% | 4,700 |
| 2023 | 89.5% | 10.5% | 1,152 |
Does age change how often a Volkswagen Passat fails?
Older Volkswagen Passats fail more often, as expected. The 1986 cars fail 33.3% of tests against 10.5% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 26.3%. The 1992 is the weakest year at 38.3%, and the 2022 the strongest at 10.5%.
More on the Volkswagen Passat
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
|---|
| Volkswagen Passat: 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