Volkswagen Amarok MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volkswagen Amarok in Great Britain in 2025 — 19,695 tests. Figures cover every Amarok first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Amarok is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Amarok ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
75.4%
3.1 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
19,695
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.3%
of Amarok first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
106,250
middle half: 83,750–136,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Amarok ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Amarok vs all cars, 2025.

Volkswagen AmarokAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 5: 84.8%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 6: 82.6%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 7: 80.4%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 8: 78%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 9: 73.4%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 10: 70.5%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 11: 71.5%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 12: 69.1%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 13: 67.1%Volkswagen Amarok, vehicle age 14: 61.7%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Volkswagen Amarok 61.7%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Amarok testsAmarok pass rateAll cars
51,56284.8%86.0%
62,94682.6%83.5%
72,53780.4%80.9%
82,08078.0%78.2%
92,34773.4%74.9%
102,61270.5%71.9%
112,12771.5%68.6%
121,75069.1%65.8%
131,17867.1%63.5%
1453361.7%61.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Amarok's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Amarok beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Amarok aheadAmarok behind
-4-2+0+2+4Age 5: -1.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: -0.9 points vs the average carAge 7: -0.5 points vs the average car7Age 8: -0.2 points vs the average carAge 9: -1.5 points vs the average car9Age 10: -1.4 points vs the average carAge 11: +2.9 points vs the average car11Age 12: +3.3 points vs the average carAge 13: +3.6 points vs the average car13Age 14: +0.5 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
5-1.2
6-0.9
7-0.5
8-0.2
9-1.5
10-1.4
11+2.9
12+3.3
13+3.6
14+0.5

The Amarok fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Amarok fleet still in use.

07501k2k3kAge 5: 1k5Age 6: 2kAge 7: 2k7Age 8: 2kAge 9: 2k9Age 10: 2kAge 11: 2k11Age 12: 1kAge 13: 1k13Age 14: 53314Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
51,562
62,946
72,537
82,080
92,347
102,612
112,127
121,750
131,178
14533

What an Amarok fails on

Where the failure items land when an Amarok fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Brakes30.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.2%
Suspension16.5%
Tyres6.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.5%
Visibility5.9%
Steering4.4%
Body, chassis, structure2.6%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Amarok, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 29.6% of advisories29.6%Suspension: 27.6% of advisories27.6%Brakes: 22.5% of advisories22.5%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.9% of advisories7.9%Non-component advisories: 5.7% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 1.7% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres29.6%
Suspension27.6%
Brakes22.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.9%
Non-component advisories5.7%
Body, chassis, structure1.7%

What mileage is normal for an Amarok?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Amarok; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Amarok (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k579111314Vehicle age (years)Age 5: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 46,250–81,250)Age 6: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 7: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–106,250)Age 8: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–116,250)Age 9: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–126,250)Age 10: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–136,250)Age 11: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 91,250–143,750)Age 12: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–158,750)Age 13: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 106,250–158,750)Age 14: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 108,750–163,750)133k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
546,25061,25081,250
651,25068,75091,250
761,25081,250106,250
868,75091,250116,250
976,25096,250126,250
1083,750106,250136,250
1191,250113,750143,750
12101,250128,750158,750
13106,250128,750158,750
14108,750133,750163,750

What fails at each age

The Amarok's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

BrakesTyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksVisibilityBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsBrakes40.7%
3-5 yrsTyres15.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.1%
3-5 yrsSuspension9.4%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.6%
3-5 yrsEverything else13.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes38.2%
6-9 yrsSuspension14.4%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.0%
6-9 yrsTyres9.4%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks9.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else14.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes31.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension22.9%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.3%
10-13 yrsTyres5.9%
10-13 yrsVisibility5.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.8%
14+ yrsBrakes28.4%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.5%
14+ yrsSuspension15.2%
14+ yrsVisibility7.4%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure6.9%
14+ yrsEverything else15.6%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.