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Volkswagen Up MOT pass rate by year

How the Volkswagen Up's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2012 to 2022, across the DVSA record.

What is the Volkswagen Up MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volkswagen Up 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 Up averages 15.0% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
201283.5%16.5%192,691
201384.1%15.9%252,438
201484.8%15.2%239,240
201584.1%15.9%167,782
201683.9%16.1%116,693
201786.8%13.2%103,297
201888.1%11.9%83,275
201991.0%9.0%43,363
202091.3%8.7%13,390
202190.8%9.2%9,189
202291.0%9.0%4,861

Does age change how often a Volkswagen Up fails?

Older Volkswagen Ups fail more often, as expected. The 2012 cars fail 16.5% of tests against 9.0% for the 2022. Across every year the model averages 15.0%. The 2012 is the weakest year at 16.5%, and the 2020 the strongest at 8.7%.

More on the Volkswagen Up

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Volkswagen Up: 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