Volkswagen Jetta Recorded MOT Outcomes

33.4%
historical failure rate from 67,646 tests
6.5 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
0-2 years 27.1% 107 Lamps & Electrics
3-5 years 19.0% 3,196 Suspension
6-10 years 28.4% 21,262 Suspension
11-15 years 36.1% 31,716 Suspension
15+ years 39.4% 11,365 Suspension

Recorded Component-Category Rates

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

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension7.6%
Lamps & Electrics5.5%
Brakes4.3%
Tyres3.6%
Body & Chassis3.0%
Visibility2.1%
Steering0.5%

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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