2010 Volkswagen Polo: 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 55.7% to 56.7% (±0.6 points).

• 2010 Volkswagen Polo56.2%
• All vehicles first used in 201059.3%

That is 3.1 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2010 (59.3%). These cars were about 15 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2010 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2010, failures are more common in suspension (1.2×), lights and electrics (1.0×), brakes (1.2×), body, chassis, structure (1.4×), noise, emissions, leaks (1.3×) and steering (1.6×), and less common in tyres (0.9×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.7×). 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 2010.

1. Suspension20.3 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 16.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2010
2. Lights and electrics19.7 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 19.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2010
3. Brakes11.5 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 9.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2010
4. Body, chassis, structure8.4 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 5.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2010
5. Tyres6.9 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 7.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2010
6. Noise, emissions, leaks6.4 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 5.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2010
7. Steering5.3 in 100 tests1.6× compared with 3.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2010
8. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors4.3 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 6.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2010
9. Seat belts and airbags2.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2010
10. Wheels0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2010
11. Number plates and VIN0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2010

All vehicles first used in 2010: the 175 models in our data, 1,341,682 tests (95.4% of all 1,406,407 tests on vehicles first used in 2010). 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 2010 Volkswagen Polo

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

Other Volkswagen Polo years

• 2004 Volkswagen Polo47.9%
• 2005 Volkswagen Polo47.2%
• 2006 Volkswagen Polo48.4%
• 2007 Volkswagen Polo51.5%
• 2008 Volkswagen Polo51.3%
• 2009 Volkswagen Polo53.2%
• 2011 Volkswagen Polo57.6%
• 2012 Volkswagen Polo60.7%
• 2013 Volkswagen Polo62.5%
• 2014 Volkswagen Polo66.7%
• 2015 Volkswagen Polo71.8%
• 2016 Volkswagen Polo74.4%
• 2017 Volkswagen Polo76.4%
• 2018 Volkswagen Polo74.9%
• 2019 Volkswagen Polo78.7%
• 2020 Volkswagen Polo86.4%
• 2021 Volkswagen Polo88.0%
• 2022 Volkswagen Polo91.7%

Other cars first used in 2010

• 2010 Ford Fiesta55.3%
• 2010 Vauxhall Corsa54.8%
• 2010 Ford Focus56.6%
• 2010 Volkswagen Golf62.4%
• 2010 MINI Hatch65.6%