Volkswagen Bora Recorded MOT Outcomes

41.3%
historical failure rate from 31,773 tests
14.4 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
11-15 years 39.1% 1,525 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 41.4% 30,218 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics11.2%
Suspension8.0%
Brakes7.5%
Body & Chassis6.3%
Steering4.2%
Tyres2.9%
Visibility2.7%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Volkswagen Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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