2011 Volkswagen Passat: MOT pass rate and common faults

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 63.6% to 65.2% (±0.8 points).

• 2011 Volkswagen Passat64.4%
• All vehicles first used in 201161.2%

That is 3.2 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2011 (61.2%). These cars were about 14 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2011 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2011, failures are more common in suspension (1.2×) and tyres (1.3×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.7×), brakes (0.6×), body, chassis, structure (0.7×), noise, emissions, leaks (0.8×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.5×) and steering (0.2×). 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 2011.

1. Suspension19.0 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 15.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
2. Lights and electrics11.4 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 17.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
3. Tyres9.8 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 7.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
4. Brakes5.5 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 9.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
5. Body, chassis, structure3.5 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 5.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
6. Noise, emissions, leaks3.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 4.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
7. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors2.9 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 5.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
8. Seat belts and airbags2.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2011
9. Steering0.7 in 100 tests0.2× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
10. Wheels0.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2011
11. Number plates and VIN0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2011

All vehicles first used in 2011: the 185 models in our data, 1,445,723 tests (96.0% of all 1,506,534 tests on vehicles first used in 2011). 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 –.

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

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2011 Volkswagen Passat

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

Other Volkswagen Passat years

• 2012 Volkswagen Passat64.7%
• 2013 Volkswagen Passat67.1%
• 2014 Volkswagen Passat69.4%
• 2015 Volkswagen Passat76.9%
• 2016 Volkswagen Passat79.4%
• 2017 Volkswagen Passat81.0%
• 2018 Volkswagen Passat84.1%

Other cars first used in 2011

• 2011 Ford Fiesta57.7%
• 2011 Vauxhall Corsa56.9%
• 2011 Ford Focus58.1%
• 2011 Volkswagen Golf63.8%
• 2011 MINI Hatch66.7%