1,535 tests in 2025
Volkswagen Id 3 reliability and MOT pass rate
90.6% passed first time. The 9.4% fail rate is 13.2 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 23,314 miles.
Pass rate
90.6%
22.6% of all cars failed; 9.4% of these did.
Fixed on the day
2%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
23,314 mi
3 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 1,403 | 9.5% |
| 6-9 years | 0 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Id 3 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.
- Tyres114 dangerous86.8%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment6.2%
- Brakes4.2%
- Visibility4.2%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.5%
- Suspension2.1%
- Body, chassis, structure0.7%
- Identification of the vehicle0.7%
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Id 3 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords47 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm46 tests
- 3Condition: has ply or cords exposed35 tests
- 4Service brake performance: excessively fluctuating6 tests
- 5Rear fog lamp: not working4 tests
- 6Headlamp aim: too high4 tests
- 7SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault3 tests
- 8Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure3 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Id 3 collects 1.83 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 1.6mm339 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm62 tests
- 3Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt37 tests
- 4Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords36 tests
- 5Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre22 tests
- 6Service brake performance: excessively fluctuating15 tests
- 7Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure13 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Items removed from drivers view prior to test12 tests
Questions
What is the Volkswagen Id 3 MOT pass rate?
90.6% of the 1,535 Volkswagen Id 3 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 9.4% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 2% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Volkswagen Id 3 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 47 failed tests, followed by "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" and "Condition: has ply or cords exposed". By section, tyres appears in 86.8% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 6.2% of failures, brakes appears in 4.2% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 9.5%; at 3-5 years it was 9.5%. The median Volkswagen Id 3 tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 23,314 miles.
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 Id 3 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 4 safety recalls naming the Volkswagen Id 3: Volkswagen Id 3 recalls.
Other Volkswagen models
Checking a particular Id 3?
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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