34,424 tests in 2025
Volkswagen Touareg reliability and MOT pass rate
80.5% passed first time. The 19.5% fail rate is 3.1 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 10 years old with 90,225 miles.
Pass rate
80.5%
22.6% of all cars failed; 19.5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.3%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
90,225 mi
10 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 4,519 | 7.4% |
| 6-9 years | 10,645 | 18.1% |
| 10-13 years | 10,471 | 19.7% |
| 14+ years | 8,692 | 27.4% |
What the Touareg 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.
- Suspension54 dangerous43.2%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment40 dangerous33.9%
- Tyres1,601 dangerous24.8%
- Brakes636 dangerous20.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks7 dangerous10%
- Visibility5 dangerous7.8%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3 dangerous6.5%
- Body, chassis, structure35 dangerous5.5%
Is the Touareg getting worse?
The fail rate rose 0.6 points to 19.9% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37,164 | 8 | 19.3% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 37,033 | — | 20.4% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 32,785 | — | 20.9% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 33,335 | — | 19.9% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Touareg 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 Touareg in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Coil spring: fractured or broken2,230 tests
- 2Rear fog lamp: not working832 tests
- 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm626 tests
- 4Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords501 tests
- 5Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction455 tests
- 6Condition: has ply or cords exposed369 tests
- 7Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick359 tests
- 8Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn271 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Touareg collects 2.56 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 1.6mm5,567 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick3,334 tests
- 3Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine2,826 tests
- 4Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn2,146 tests
- 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened2,090 tests
- 6Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn998 tests
- 7Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure973 tests
- 8Coil spring: corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened855 tests
Questions
What is the Volkswagen Touareg MOT pass rate?
80.5% of the 34,424 Volkswagen Touareg first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 19.5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.3% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Volkswagen Touareg usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Coil spring: fractured or broken", recorded on 2,230 failed tests, followed by "Rear fog lamp: not working" and "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm". By section, suspension appears in 43.2% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 33.9% of failures, tyres appears in 24.8% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 7.4%; at 14+ years it was 27.4%. The median Volkswagen Touareg tested in 2025 was 10 years old with 90,225 miles.
Is the Volkswagen Touareg getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 0.6 points to 19.9% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
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 Touareg 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 14 safety recalls naming the Volkswagen Touareg: Volkswagen Touareg recalls.
Other Volkswagen models
Checking a particular Touareg?
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