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Volkswagen Touran MOT fail rate by age

How often the Volkswagen Touran fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 302,847 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 15 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 15 (n=23,356)42.3%
All cars at 15 years (n=5,591,675)41.6%
Median mileage at test130,567
All cars, median mileage100,157

147 of 280 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 15 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Volkswagen Touran fails 13.1% of MOTs (6,558 tests), 1.0 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 21 years it fails 45.5% (1,584 tests), 3.4 points above the 42.1% average.
  • The gap is widest at 11 years: 3.6 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 15 years: Driveshaft CV boot split, at 6.5 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 21 years 51.3%

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

Volkswagen Touran: 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 years13.1%6,55812.1%+1.0 pts22,791 miles
4 years13.6%9,95213.4%+0.2 pts31,328 miles
5 years15.4%13,16015.3%+0.1 pts40,190 miles
6 years17.0%14,47617.8%−0.9 pts50,273 miles
7 years19.4%15,55420.6%−1.2 pts60,805 miles
8 years21.9%16,68623.8%−1.9 pts70,893 miles
9 years24.9%17,71627.1%−2.2 pts80,684 miles
10 years27.7%19,83130.3%−2.6 pts90,083 miles
11 years29.6%22,63633.3%−3.6 pts98,217 miles
12 years33.7%22,95336.0%−2.3 pts106,549 miles
13 years37.0%23,26238.3%−1.2 pts115,218 miles
14 years39.8%22,91640.3%−0.4 pts123,532 miles
15 years42.3%23,35641.6%+0.7 pts130,567 miles
16 years44.3%22,71242.6%+1.8 pts135,369 miles
17 years45.0%20,10343.1%+1.9 pts140,160 miles
18 years46.5%15,91243.3%+3.2 pts143,313 miles
19 years46.6%9,10543.2%+3.4 pts146,179 miles
20 years46.4%4,37542.8%+3.6 pts149,038 miles
21 years45.5%1,58442.1%+3.4 pts148,158 miles

Most common fail items at 15 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
Driveshaft CV boot split Major6.5
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major6.4
Coil spring broken Major5.5
Suspension arm bush worn Major5.3
Suspension arm ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major3.7
Shock absorber leaking Major2.7

Out of 23,356 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous5.5
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous5.3
Brake light not working Major4
Side/position light not working Major3

Out of 23,356 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 15 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Volkswagen Golf39.0%183,76441.6%
Volkswagen Polo45.2%114,70641.6%
Volkswagen Passat38.1%46,18341.6%

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
200421 years in 202546.4%1,33042.1%
200520 years in 202545.3%2,11542.8%
200619 years in 202546.7%3,06543.2%
200718 years in 202543.6%4,59943.3%
200817 years in 202543.8%4,34943.1%
200916 years in 202542.8%4,75642.6%
201015 years in 202542.1%4,61141.6%
201114 years in 202533.4%5,71640.3%
201213 years in 202532.5%5,62238.3%
201312 years in 202531.4%5,36936.0%
201411 years in 202527.8%4,98433.3%
201510 years in 202527.6%3,84930.3%
20169 years in 202520.3%3,67427.1%
20178 years in 202519.6%4,32623.8%
20187 years in 202518.7%3,77520.6%
20196 years in 202513.6%2,77017.8%
20205 years in 202512.2%2,23715.3%

More on the Volkswagen Touran

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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