Volkswagen Crafter MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volkswagen Crafter in Great Britain in 2025 — 8,428 tests. Figures cover every Crafter first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Crafter is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Crafter ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
71.6%
0.7 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
8,428
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.9%
of Crafter first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
113,750
middle half: 83,750–151,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Crafter ages

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

Volkswagen CrafterAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 3: 84.7%Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 5: 82.2%Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 6: 80.1%Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 7: 75.2%Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 9: 69.9%Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 10: 71.4%Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 11: 69%Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 12: 68%Volkswagen Crafter, vehicle age 13: 64.5%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 Crafter 64.5%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Crafter testsCrafter pass rateAll cars
350284.7%88.5%
550782.2%86.0%
661480.1%83.5%
754075.2%80.9%
951969.9%74.9%
1072871.4%71.9%
1178069.0%68.6%
1260068.0%65.8%
1359564.5%63.5%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Crafter aheadCrafter behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: -3.8 points vs the average car3Age 5: -3.8 points vs the average car5Age 6: -3.4 points vs the average carAge 7: -5.7 points vs the average car7Age 9: -5.0 points vs the average car9Age 10: -0.5 points vs the average carAge 11: +0.4 points vs the average car11Age 12: +2.2 points vs the average carAge 13: +1.0 points vs the average car13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-3.8
5-3.8
6-3.4
7-5.7
9-5.0
10-0.5
11+0.4
12+2.2
13+1.0

The Crafter fleet on the road, by age

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

0200400600800Age 3: 5023Age 5: 5075Age 6: 614Age 7: 5407Age 9: 5199Age 10: 728Age 11: 78011Age 12: 600Age 13: 59513Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3502
5507
6614
7540
9519
10728
11780
12600
13595

What a Crafter fails on

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

Brakes33.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.9%
Suspension10.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.0%
Visibility7.5%
Tyres5.5%
Body, chassis, structure5.0%
Steering4.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (95.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 37.8% of advisories37.8%Suspension: 19.4% of advisories19.4%Tyres: 13.7% of advisories13.7%Non-component advisories: 9.1% of advisories9.1%Noise, emissions and leaks: 8.2% of advisories8.2%Steering: 4.4% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes37.8%
Suspension19.4%
Tyres13.7%
Non-component advisories9.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.2%
Steering4.4%

What mileage is normal for a Crafter?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Crafter; 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 Crafter (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k35791113Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 18,750–53,750)Age 5: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 31,250–93,750)Age 6: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 36,250–101,250)Age 7: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 53,750–116,250)Age 9: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 71,250–131,250)Age 10: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 83,750–151,250)Age 11: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 86,250–156,250)Age 12: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 96,250–161,250)Age 13: typical 136,250 miles (middle half 103,750–163,750)136k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75031,25053,750
531,25058,75093,750
636,25068,750101,250
753,75083,750116,250
971,25098,750131,250
1083,750113,750151,250
1186,250121,250156,250
1296,250128,750161,250
13103,750136,250163,750

What fails at each age

The Crafter'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.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureSuspensionVisibilityEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27.1%
3-5 yrsTyres17.4%
3-5 yrsBrakes14.6%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks12.4%
3-5 yrsBody, chassis, structure9.7%
3-5 yrsEverything else18.8%
6-9 yrsBrakes34.3%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.2%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks11.7%
6-9 yrsSuspension10.4%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else19.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes44.2%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension9.7%
10-13 yrsVisibility7.5%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else16.5%
14+ yrsBrakes32.8%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.2%
14+ yrsSuspension14.0%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks7.9%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure6.9%
14+ yrsEverything else20.2%

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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.