12,584 tests in 2025
Volkswagen Cc reliability and MOT pass rate
75.5% passed first time. The 24.5% fail rate is 1.9 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 11 years old with 106,679 miles.
Pass rate
75.5%
22.6% of all cars failed; 24.5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
4%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
106,679 mi
11 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 0 | — |
| 6-9 years | 1,893 | 19.5% |
| 10-13 years | 10,416 | 25.3% |
| 14+ years | 274 | 30.3% |
What the Cc fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Suspension89 dangerous53.1%
- Tyres1,283 dangerous36.4%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23%
- Brakes292 dangerous16.3%
- Visibility4 dangerous10.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks3 dangerous7.6%
- Body, chassis, structure8 dangerous6.6%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems4.6%
Is the Cc getting worse?
The fail rate rose 4.1 points to 24.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 8 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,772 | 8 | 20.4% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 14,451 | 9 | 22.4% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 12,553 | 10 | 23.7% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 12,583 | 11 | 24.5% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Cc at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Cc in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn495 tests
- 2Coil spring: fractured or broken478 tests
- 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm389 tests
- 4Condition: has ply or cords exposed357 tests
- 5Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak224 tests
- 6Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick212 tests
- 7Suspension arm: corroded and seriously weakened212 tests
- 8Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction204 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Cc collects 2.66 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm2,543 tests
- 2Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn2,101 tests
- 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened1,448 tests
- 4Suspension arm: corroded and seriously weakened1,291 tests
- 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick977 tests
- 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure642 tests
- 7Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak570 tests
- 8Coil spring: corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened484 tests
Questions
What is the Volkswagen Cc MOT pass rate?
75.5% of the 12,584 Volkswagen Cc first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 24.5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 4% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Volkswagen Cc usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn", recorded on 495 failed tests, followed by "Coil spring: fractured or broken" and "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm". By section, suspension appears in 53.1% of failures, tyres appears in 36.4% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 23% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was n/a%; at 14+ years it was 30.3%. The median Volkswagen Cc tested in 2025 was 11 years old with 106,679 miles.
Is the Volkswagen Cc getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 4.1 points to 24.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 8 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Cc trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Volkswagen models
Checking a particular Cc?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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