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Volkswagen Touareg MOT fail rate by age

How often the Volkswagen Touareg fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 149,245 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 8 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 8 (n=14,525)21.4%
All cars at 8 years (n=10,440,457)23.8%
Median mileage at test73,421
All cars, median mileage60,745

160 of 315 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 8 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Volkswagen Touareg fails 9.4% of MOTs (8,310 tests), 2.6 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 20 years it fails 33.8% (1,772 tests), 9.0 points below the 42.8% average.
  • It moves from below to above the all-car rate between 5 and 6 years.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 8 years: Coil spring broken, at 5.8 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 20 years 47.6%

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

Volkswagen Touareg: 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 years9.4%8,31012.1%−2.6 pts28,749 miles
4 years9.4%8,60313.4%−4.0 pts37,257 miles
5 years14.0%9,80515.3%−1.3 pts46,019 miles
6 years19.0%11,69717.8%+1.2 pts55,433 miles
7 years21.0%12,99820.6%+0.3 pts64,179 miles
8 years21.4%14,52523.8%−2.4 pts73,421 miles
9 years21.6%13,61627.1%−5.6 pts83,237 miles
10 years22.0%11,63130.3%−8.3 pts92,577 miles
11 years22.9%9,17233.3%−10.3 pts102,568 miles
12 years24.8%6,78936.0%−11.2 pts111,387 miles
13 years29.3%5,59638.3%−9.0 pts117,875 miles
14 years32.5%5,33440.3%−7.8 pts125,042 miles
15 years34.8%5,99141.6%−6.8 pts130,064 miles
16 years35.6%7,08042.6%−7.0 pts135,145 miles
17 years36.6%6,97443.1%−6.5 pts139,725 miles
18 years35.7%5,76543.3%−7.6 pts142,040 miles
19 years35.9%3,58743.2%−7.3 pts142,099 miles
20 years33.8%1,77242.8%−9.0 pts140,085 miles

Most common fail items at 8 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 Major5.8
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major1.5
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Major0.9

Out of 14,525 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Rear fog lamp: not working Major6.8
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous2.8
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.7
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous1.7
Headlight aimed too high Major1.2
Wipers not clearing screen Major1.2
Headlamp aim: too low Major0.9

Out of 14,525 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 8 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Volkswagen Golf16.2%269,75123.8%
Volkswagen Polo25.1%194,37023.8%
Volkswagen Tiguan16.6%80,76823.8%

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
200519 years in 202437.1%1,14043.2%
200619 years in 202536.5%1,38843.2%
200718 years in 202535.1%1,70543.3%
200817 years in 202536.6%1,24243.1%
200916 years in 202535.4%1,01542.6%
201114 years in 202527.4%1,62640.3%
201213 years in 202523.7%1,79738.3%
201312 years in 202521.3%2,28236.0%
201411 years in 202521.7%3,01633.3%
201510 years in 202523.0%4,12530.3%
20169 years in 202521.4%3,83327.1%
20178 years in 202523.5%3,27223.8%
20187 years in 202515.6%1,55620.6%
20196 years in 202515.9%2,86717.8%
20205 years in 20258.4%1,94215.3%
20214 years in 20258.6%1,97513.4%

More on the Volkswagen Touareg

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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