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2018 Volkswagen Transporter: MOT pass rate and common faults

20,073 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2018 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

77.0%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 76.5% to 77.6% (±0.6 points).

That is 3.9 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2018 (80.9%). These cars were about 7 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2018 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2018, failures are more common in suspension (2.2×) and lights and electrics (1.2×), and less common in tyres (0.9×), brakes (0.9×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.8×). 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 2018.

  1. Suspension7.9 in 100 tests2.2× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  2. Lights and electrics5.9 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 5.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  3. Tyres4.9 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 5.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  4. Noise, emissions, leaks4.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  5. Brakes3.2 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  6. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors2.3 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  7. Body, chassis, structure1.7 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  8. Seat belts and airbags0.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  9. Number plates and VIN0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  10. Wheels0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  11. Steering0.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018

All vehicles first used in 2018: the 245 models in our data, 2,409,788 tests (97.5% of all 2,471,792 tests on vehicles first used in 2018). 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 test66,500

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

After an MOT advisory

2018 Volkswagen Transporter cars that passed their 2024 MOT first time with an advisory, and what their next MOT found, against similar cars that passed with nothing noted in that area. Only cars first used in 2018.

Tyres

Of 2018 Volkswagen Transporter cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 7.0% failed on tyres, against 4.2% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 2,020 and 10,301 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory7.0%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted4.2%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 7.9% of those with a tyre advisory and 8.9% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2018 Volkswagen Transporter cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 4.8% failed on brakes, against 2.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,350 and 10,969 cars.

  • With a brake advisory4.8%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted2.7%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.7% of those with a brake advisory and 8.8% of the others.

Not enough 2018 Volkswagen Transporter cars with a suspension advisory to show a figure for this year alone.

Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.

Volkswagen Transporter, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

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