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2014 Volkswagen Transporter: MOT pass rate and common faults

15,851 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2014 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

69.2%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 68.5% to 69.9% (±0.8 points).

That is about average: the difference from the average for all vehicles first used in 2014 (68.6%) is within the margin of error. These cars were about 11 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2014 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2014, failures are more common in brakes (1.3×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.3×) and steering (1.4×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.8×), tyres (0.8×), body, chassis, structure (0.7×) and noise, emissions, leaks (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 2014.

  1. Suspension11.0 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 10.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  2. Lights and electrics9.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 11.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  3. Brakes8.6 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  4. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors5.5 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 4.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  5. Tyres5.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 7.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  6. Steering3.4 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  7. Body, chassis, structure2.0 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  8. Noise, emissions, leaks1.7 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  9. Seat belts and airbags1.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2014
  10. Number plates and VIN0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2014
  11. 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 –.

Typical mileage at test102,700

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

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