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Volkswagen Scirocco MOT fail rate by age

How often the Volkswagen Scirocco fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 188,602 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 13 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 13 (n=22,635)37.9%
All cars at 13 years (n=6,612,160)38.3%
Median mileage at test107,495
All cars, median mileage92,305

152 of 293 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 13 years.

What stands out

  • At 5 years the Volkswagen Scirocco fails 16.8% of MOTs (5,355 tests), 1.5 points above the 15.3% for all cars that age. At 16 years it fails 38.8% (5,811 tests), 3.8 points below the 42.6% average.
  • The gap is widest at 16 years: 3.8 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 13 years: Coil spring broken, at 7.8 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age, first used undefined or later

5 years 16 years 46.8%

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

Volkswagen Scirocco (first used undefined or later): 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
5 years16.8%5,35515.3%+1.5 pts36,288 miles
6 years18.2%10,69917.8%+0.4 pts44,673 miles
7 years19.9%16,24420.6%−0.8 pts53,649 miles
8 years21.7%19,23723.8%−2.0 pts62,370 miles
9 years24.4%19,08027.1%−2.7 pts72,666 miles
10 years28.7%18,13530.3%−1.6 pts83,737 miles
11 years33.1%18,92233.3%−0.2 pts93,568 miles
12 years35.4%21,61436.0%−0.6 pts101,316 miles
13 years37.9%22,63538.3%−0.3 pts107,495 miles
14 years38.8%18,70740.3%−1.5 pts111,845 miles
15 years38.6%12,16341.6%−3.0 pts115,292 miles
16 years38.8%5,81142.6%−3.8 pts117,783 miles

Most common fail items at 13 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
Coil spring broken Major7.8
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major5.2
Handbrake too weak Major3
Suspension arm bush worn Major2.3

Out of 22,635 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous5.1
Side/position light not working Major4.8
Headlamp aim: too low Major3.5
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous2.9
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major2.4
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous2.2

Out of 22,635 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 13 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Volkswagen Golf34.8%199,84138.3%
Volkswagen Polo40.9%142,07338.3%
Volkswagen Passat35.7%57,01338.3%

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
200815 years in 202340.9%1,02941.6%
200916 years in 202538.8%4,85442.6%
201015 years in 202538.4%5,87141.6%
201114 years in 202537.8%5,73840.3%
201213 years in 202534.8%4,19538.3%
201312 years in 202533.9%4,32436.0%
201411 years in 202531.4%3,69133.3%
201510 years in 202526.3%5,39130.3%
20169 years in 202521.4%5,27027.1%
20178 years in 202519.8%4,61423.8%

More on the Volkswagen Scirocco

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.

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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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