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Volkswagen Sharan MOT fail rate by age

How often the Volkswagen Sharan fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 145,752 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=17,022)16.0%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test77,569
All cars, median mileage44,951

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

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Volkswagen Sharan fails 16.5% of MOTs (9,569 tests), 4.5 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 20 years it fails 48.7% (1,646 tests), 5.9 points above the 42.8% average.
  • It moves from below to above the all-car rate between 14 and 15 years.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Suspension arm bush worn, at 4.2 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 20 years 56.4%

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

Volkswagen Sharan: 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 years16.5%9,56912.1%+4.5 pts34,819 miles
4 years13.3%12,84313.4%−0.1 pts45,865 miles
5 years14.1%15,27215.3%−1.2 pts60,615 miles
6 years16.0%17,02217.8%−1.8 pts77,569 miles
7 years19.1%13,61220.6%−1.6 pts79,911 miles
8 years21.9%13,07623.8%−1.9 pts91,441 miles
9 years25.2%11,63727.1%−1.9 pts98,177 miles
10 years27.4%10,18730.3%−2.9 pts102,143 miles
11 years30.0%9,15133.3%−3.2 pts104,473 miles
12 years32.4%7,16036.0%−3.6 pts109,967 miles
13 years35.3%5,61538.3%−2.9 pts116,146 miles
14 years38.8%4,17940.3%−1.5 pts126,159 miles
15 years48.3%3,02441.6%+6.7 pts135,295 miles
16 years50.3%3,05942.6%+7.7 pts136,756 miles
17 years50.0%3,36243.1%+6.9 pts137,451 miles
18 years51.3%3,01743.3%+8.0 pts141,055 miles
19 years48.0%2,32143.2%+4.8 pts139,655 miles
20 years48.7%1,64642.8%+5.9 pts139,347 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
Suspension arm bush worn Major4.2
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major0.7
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major0.7

Out of 17,022 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous2.8
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous2.8
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous1.7
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.4
Wipers not clearing screen Major1.4
Headlamp aim: too low Major1
Headlight aimed too high Major0.6

Out of 17,022 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
201114 years in 202532.3%2,09240.3%
201213 years in 202532.3%2,04838.3%
201312 years in 202531.8%2,12736.0%
201411 years in 202528.4%2,72333.3%
201510 years in 202524.8%3,11630.3%
20169 years in 202521.0%3,23527.1%
20178 years in 202519.3%3,49023.8%
20187 years in 202515.9%3,31620.6%
20196 years in 202514.1%6,58017.8%
20205 years in 202513.5%1,62615.3%
20214 years in 202515.1%1,16513.4%

More on the Volkswagen Sharan

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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