Volkswagen Tiguan MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 238,201 Volkswagen Tiguan cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Volkswagen Tiguan pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 81.1% of the 238,201 Volkswagen Tiguan cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 77.8% of the time, so the Volkswagen Tiguan was 3.3 points above them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Volkswagen Tiguan did best for 2017 registrations (6.8 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2022 registrations (0.1 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Volkswagen Tiguan | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89.0% | 89.1% | 14,074 |
| 2021 | 90.2% | 88.2% | 21,506 |
| 2020 | 88.7% | 86.8% | 22,815 |
| 2019 | 87.2% | 84.2% | 33,089 |
| 2018 | 85.3% | 81.7% | 28,186 |
| 2017 | 85.7% | 78.9% | 25,265 |
| 2016 | 81.3% | 75.5% | 17,818 |
| 2015 | 74.7% | 72.4% | 19,129 |
| 2014 | 71.7% | 68.9% | 14,641 |
| 2013 | 70.7% | 65.9% | 11,724 |
| 2012 | 65.8% | 63.5% | 8,517 |
| 2011 | 64.2% | 61.3% | 6,319 |
| 2010 | 61.9% | 59.1% | 6,050 |
| 2009 | 59.9% | 57.9% | 5,383 |
| 2008 | 60.5% | 56.7% | 3,530 |
What the Volkswagen Tiguan failed on most
Of the 45,048 Volkswagen Tiguan cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Worn suspension joint or bush15.9%
- 2.Broken or weak suspension spring15.1%
- 3.Tyre tread below the legal limit13.8%
- 4.Badly damaged tyre10.2%
- 5.Engine warning light on9.8%
By area of the car: suspension 39.1%, tyres 30.5%, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 18.9%, brakes 17.6%, noise, emissions and leaks 10.7%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Volkswagen Tiguan | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 26,600 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 34,200 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 40,500 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 48,600 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 59,200 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 69,200 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 75,800 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 81,300 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 89,000 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 97,100 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 108,100 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 116,500 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 121,300 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 126,500 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 132,200 | 103,500 |
Looking at a Volkswagen Tiguan?
Averages describe thousands of cars. The one you are looking at has its own history.
- Volkswagen Tiguan buyer's guideCommon problems and what to check before you buy.
- Free MOT history checkEvery MOT result, failure and advisory for one registration.
- Full car history checkFinance, write-off, stolen and mileage records for the exact car.
- MOT league tableMakes and models ranked against cars of the same age.
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).