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Volkswagen Amarok MOT fail rate by age

How often the Volkswagen Amarok fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 82,102 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=10,584)19.0%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test70,296
All cars, median mileage44,951

222 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Volkswagen Amarok fails 12.4% of MOTs (5,134 tests), about the same as the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 13 years it fails 34.9% (1,753 tests), 3.3 points below the 38.3% average.
  • The gap is widest at 13 years: 3.3 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction, at 3.1 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 13 years 42.1%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Volkswagen Amarok: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years12.4%5,13412.1%+0.3 pts37,142 miles
4 years14.6%7,97513.4%+1.2 pts49,222 miles
5 years16.9%9,82115.3%+1.6 pts60,348 miles
6 years19.0%10,58417.8%+1.1 pts70,296 miles
7 years21.6%10,20620.6%+1.0 pts80,911 miles
8 years24.2%9,76723.8%+0.4 pts89,769 miles
9 years26.4%9,36327.1%−0.7 pts99,029 miles
10 years30.2%8,07930.3%−0.1 pts107,974 miles
11 years30.2%5,84433.3%−3.1 pts116,634 miles
12 years32.9%3,57636.0%−3.1 pts125,591 miles
13 years34.9%1,75338.3%−3.3 pts129,443 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major3.1
Handbrake too weak Major1.7
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side Major1.5
Anti-roll bar pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn Major1.3
Service brake performance: excessively binding Major1.2
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major1

Out of 10,584 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous2.8
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.4
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous1.3
Headlight aimed too high Major1.3

Out of 10,584 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Volkswagen Golf13.1%252,33317.8%
Volkswagen Polo20.9%179,31417.8%
Volkswagen Tiguan13.0%109,26317.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
201213 years in 202532.7%1,18738.3%
201312 years in 202530.7%1,76036.0%
201411 years in 202528.3%2,14033.3%
201510 years in 202529.3%2,62430.3%
20169 years in 202526.4%2,36527.1%
20178 years in 202521.8%2,09323.8%
20187 years in 202519.5%2,54420.6%
20196 years in 202517.3%2,96117.8%
20205 years in 202515.1%1,57215.3%

More on the Volkswagen Amarok

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

Looking at one Volkswagen Amarok?

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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