Volkswagen Arteon MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volkswagen Arteon in Great Britain in 2025 — 9,702 tests. Figures cover every Arteon first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Arteon ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
86.6%
14.3 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
9,702
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.9%
of Arteon first tests; national 7.3%

How many Volkswagen Arteon cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 12,229 Volkswagen Arteon cars that were taxed or on SORN: 12,017 taxed and 212 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Volkswagen Arteon vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
12,017
98.3% of the 12,229 Arteon cars taxed or on SORN; 28 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
212
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Arteon cars is still rising: 12,017 at the end of 2025, up 57 (0.5%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 14 at the end of 2017 to 212 at the end of 2025, up 1414.3%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Arteon cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

05k10k15k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Arteon cars, year 2014: 0Taxed Arteon cars, year 2015: 0Taxed Arteon cars, year 2016: 0Taxed Arteon cars, year 2017: 556Taxed Arteon cars, year 2018: 3kTaxed Arteon cars, year 2019: 5kTaxed Arteon cars, year 2020: 7kTaxed Arteon cars, year 2021: 8kTaxed Arteon cars, year 2022: 10kTaxed Arteon cars, year 2023: 11kTaxed Arteon cars, year 2024: 12kTaxed Arteon cars, year 2025: 12k12k
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YearTaxed Arteon cars
20140
20150
20160
2017556
20182,775
20195,275
20206,746
20218,193
202210,121
202311,267
202411,960
202512,017

Arteon cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

0501001502002502014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Arteon cars on SORN, year 2014: 0Arteon cars on SORN, year 2015: 0Arteon cars on SORN, year 2016: 0Arteon cars on SORN, year 2017: 14Arteon cars on SORN, year 2018: 81Arteon cars on SORN, year 2019: 173Arteon cars on SORN, year 2020: 183Arteon cars on SORN, year 2021: 153Arteon cars on SORN, year 2022: 104Arteon cars on SORN, year 2023: 172Arteon cars on SORN, year 2024: 249Arteon cars on SORN, year 2025: 212212
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YearArteon cars on SORN
20140
20150
20160
201714
201881
2019173
2020183
2021153
2022104
2023172
2024249
2025212

Which model years survive

Taxed Arteon cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 12,017 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Arteon cars
20248176.8%
20231,46312.2%
20221,82915.2%
20211,45812.1%
20201,50112.5%
20192,30819.2%
20182,04517.0%
20175134.3%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)830.7%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name ARTEON under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Arteon ages

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

Volkswagen ArteonAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Volkswagen Arteon, vehicle age 3: 87.5%Volkswagen Arteon, vehicle age 4: 87.3%Volkswagen Arteon, vehicle age 5: 87.4%Volkswagen Arteon, vehicle age 6: 86%Volkswagen Arteon, vehicle age 7: 85.2%Volkswagen Arteon, vehicle age 8: 87.3%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 Arteon 87.3%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Arteon testsArteon pass rateAll cars
31,87387.5%88.5%
41,48487.3%87.2%
51,43287.4%86.0%
62,26586.0%83.5%
72,03785.2%80.9%
851887.3%78.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Arteon aheadArteon behind
-10-5+0+5+10Age 3: -1.0 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.1 points vs the average carAge 5: +1.4 points vs the average car5Age 6: +2.5 points vs the average carAge 7: +4.3 points vs the average car7Age 8: +9.1 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-1.0
4+0.1
5+1.4
6+2.5
7+4.3
8+9.1

The Arteon fleet on the road, by age

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

07501k2k3kAge 3: 1k3Age 4: 1kAge 5: 1k5Age 6: 2kAge 7: 2k7Age 8: 5188Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
31,873
41,484
51,432
62,265
72,037
8518

What an Arteon fails on

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

Tyres51.1%
Suspension13.9%
Brakes12.2%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.2%
Visibility4.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.4%
Identification of the vehicle1.8%
Road Wheels1.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 40.8% of advisories40.8%Brakes: 31.1% of advisories31.1%Suspension: 16.7% of advisories16.7%Non-component advisories: 8.1% of advisories8.1%Noise, emissions and leaks: 1.3% of advisoriesRoad Wheels: 1.0% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksRoad Wheels
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres40.8%
Brakes31.1%
Suspension16.7%
Non-component advisories8.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks1.3%
Road Wheels1.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Arteon?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Arteon fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 87.5% of 5,676 tests87.5%Petrol5,676 testsDiesel: 85.5% of 3,480 tests85.5%Diesel3,480 testsHybrid electric: 84.6% of 545 tests84.6%Hybrid545 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol5,67687.5%
Diesel3,48085.5%
Hybrid electric54584.6%

What mileage is normal for an Arteon?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Arteon; 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 Arteon (median)
0k25k50k75k100k3578Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–43,750)Age 4: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 31,250–53,750)Age 5: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–58,750)Age 6: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–71,250)Age 7: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 51,250–81,250)Age 8: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–83,750)68k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
323,75031,25043,750
431,25041,25053,750
533,75046,25058,750
641,25053,75071,250
751,25063,75081,250
851,25068,75083,750

What fails at each age

The Arteon'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.

TyresSuspensionBrakesVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres63.9%
3-5 yrsSuspension10.7%
3-5 yrsBrakes10.1%
3-5 yrsVisibility4.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2.3%
3-5 yrsEverything else8.4%
6-9 yrsTyres48.0%
6-9 yrsSuspension19.1%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.3%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else6.6%

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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. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “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.