2014 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 68.6% to 70.1% (±0.8 points).

• 2014 Volkswagen Passat69.4%
• All vehicles first used in 201468.6%

That is 0.8 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2014 (68.6%). These cars were about 11 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2014 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2014, failures are more common in suspension (1.4×) and tyres (1.4×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.7×), brakes (0.7×), body, chassis, structure (0.9×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.6×), noise, emissions, leaks (0.6×) and steering (0.4×). 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 2014.

1. Suspension15.2 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 10.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
2. Tyres9.9 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 7.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
3. Lights and electrics8.2 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 11.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
4. Brakes4.8 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
5. Body, chassis, structure2.7 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
6. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors2.4 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 4.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
7. Noise, emissions, leaks2.0 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
8. Seat belts and airbags1.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2014
9. Steering1.0 in 100 tests0.4× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
10. Wheels0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2014

All vehicles first used in 2014: the 215 models in our data, 2,266,322 tests (97.3% of all 2,330,102 tests on vehicles first used in 2014). 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 2014 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

• 2011 Volkswagen Passat64.4%
• 2012 Volkswagen Passat64.7%
• 2013 Volkswagen Passat67.1%
• 2015 Volkswagen Passat76.9%
• 2016 Volkswagen Passat79.4%
• 2017 Volkswagen Passat81.0%
• 2018 Volkswagen Passat84.1%

Other cars first used in 2014

• 2014 Ford Fiesta62.4%
• 2014 Vauxhall Corsa57.2%
• 2014 Ford Focus64.3%
• 2014 Volkswagen Golf79.0%
• 2014 MINI Hatch79.4%