11-15-Year Volkswagen Golf Recorded MOT Outcomes

35.2%
historical failure rate from 1,040,399 tests in this age band
8.3 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension7.8%
Lamps & Electrics6.6%
Brakes5.0%
Tyres3.8%
Body & Chassis3.0%
Visibility2.2%
Steering0.3%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 9.6% 160,371 Visibility
3-5 years 10.8% 767,865 Tyres
6-10 years 18.1% 1,336,304 Tyres
11-15 years 35.2% 1,040,399 Suspension
15+ years 43.1% 680,600 Lamps & Electrics

Other Model Groups

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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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