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2008 Volkswagen Golf: MOT pass rate and common faults

35,119 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2008 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

59.0%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 58.5% to 59.5% (±0.6 points).

That is 1.8 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2008 (57.2%). These cars were about 17 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2008 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2008, failures are more common in suspension (1.1×), body, chassis, structure (1.4×), tyres (1.1×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.1×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.7×), brakes (0.9×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.7×) and steering (0.5×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2008.

  1. Suspension18.9 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 18.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
  2. Lights and electrics14.5 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 20.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
  3. Body, chassis, structure10.8 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 8.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
  4. Brakes10.2 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 11.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
  5. Tyres7.9 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 7.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
  6. Noise, emissions, leaks7.2 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 6.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
  7. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors5.1 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 6.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
  8. Seat belts and airbags2.8 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2008
  9. Steering1.7 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 3.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
  10. Wheels0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2008
  11. Number plates and VIN0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2008

All vehicles first used in 2008: the 156 models in our data, 940,642 tests (93.2% of all 1,009,594 tests on vehicles first used in 2008). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Typical mileage at test126,500

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

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