Volkswagen Fox MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volkswagen Fox in Great Britain in 2025 — 23,316 tests. Figures cover every Fox first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Fox ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
50.7%
21.6 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
23,316
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.9%
of Fox first tests; national 7.3%

How many Volkswagen Fox cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 23,867 Volkswagen Fox cars that were taxed or on SORN: 21,361 taxed and 2,506 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 Fox vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures. DVLA records the Fox Urban trim under the model name URBAN; both names are counted here.

Still taxed, end of 2025
21,361
89.5% of the 23,867 Fox cars taxed or on SORN; 6 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,506
declared off the road by their keepers — 10.5% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Fox cars peaked at 38,402 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 17,041 (44.4%) to 21,361 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 269 at the end of 2014 to 2,506 at the end of 2025, up 831.6%. 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 Fox cars, year by year

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

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Fox cars, year 2014: 38kTaxed Fox cars, year 2015: 38kTaxed Fox cars, year 2016: 37kTaxed Fox cars, year 2017: 37kTaxed Fox cars, year 2018: 36kTaxed Fox cars, year 2019: 34kTaxed Fox cars, year 2020: 32kTaxed Fox cars, year 2021: 31kTaxed Fox cars, year 2022: 29kTaxed Fox cars, year 2023: 27kTaxed Fox cars, year 2024: 24kTaxed Fox cars, year 2025: 21k21k
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YearTaxed Fox cars
201438,402
201537,737
201637,325
201736,544
201835,500
201934,044
202032,374
202130,601
202228,872
202326,739
202424,215
202521,361

Fox 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.

01k2k3k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Fox cars on SORN, year 2014: 269Fox cars on SORN, year 2015: 422Fox cars on SORN, year 2016: 580Fox cars on SORN, year 2017: 795Fox cars on SORN, year 2018: 964Fox cars on SORN, year 2019: 1kFox cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kFox cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kFox cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kFox cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kFox cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kFox cars on SORN, year 2025: 3k3k
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YearFox cars on SORN
2014269
2015422
2016580
2017795
2018964
20191,200
20201,545
20211,665
20221,626
20231,889
20242,148
20252,506

Which model years survive

Taxed Fox cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 21,361 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 Fox cars
20112,0989.8%
20106,35429.7%
20094,03018.9%
20083,40415.9%
20073,46516.2%
20061,9329.0%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)780.4%

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 names URBAN, FOX 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 Fox ages

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

Volkswagen FoxAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Volkswagen Fox, vehicle age 14: 54.6%Volkswagen Fox, vehicle age 15: 51%Volkswagen Fox, vehicle age 16: 50.3%Volkswagen Fox, vehicle age 17: 48.6%Volkswagen Fox, vehicle age 18: 49.6%Volkswagen Fox, vehicle age 19: 51.8%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%All cars 57.6%Volkswagen Fox 51.8%
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Age (years)Fox testsFox pass rateAll cars
142,21454.6%61.2%
156,84951.0%59.3%
164,31850.3%58.3%
173,78348.6%57.2%
183,89749.6%57.4%
192,16951.8%57.0%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Fox behind
-10-5+0+5+10Age 14: -6.6 points vs the average carAge 15: -8.3 points vs the average car15Age 16: -8.0 points vs the average carAge 17: -8.6 points vs the average car17Age 18: -7.8 points vs the average carAge 19: -5.2 points vs the average car19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
14-6.6
15-8.3
16-8.0
17-8.6
18-7.8
19-5.2

The Fox fleet on the road, by age

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

01k3k5k7kAge 14: 2k14Age 15: 6kAge 16: 4k16Age 17: 3kAge 18: 3k18Age 19: 2k19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
142,214
156,849
164,318
173,783
183,897
192,169

What a Fox fails on

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

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.7%
Suspension22.0%
Visibility10.9%
Brakes10.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks10.3%
Body, chassis, structure9.3%
Tyres5.7%
Steering3.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (99.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 31.9% of advisories31.9%Tyres: 26.1% of advisories26.1%Brakes: 14.5% of advisories14.5%Body, chassis, structure: 7.9% of advisories7.9%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 6.3% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.7% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension31.9%
Tyres26.1%
Brakes14.5%
Body, chassis, structure7.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment6.3%
Non-component advisories3.7%

What mileage is normal for a Fox?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Fox; 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 Fox (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k14161819Vehicle age (years)Age 14: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 15: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 53,750–98,750)Age 16: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 53,750–98,750)Age 17: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 63,750–106,250)Age 18: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 63,750–106,250)Age 19: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 63,750–108,750)86k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1451,25071,25091,250
1553,75076,25098,750
1653,75076,25098,750
1763,75086,250106,250
1863,75086,250106,250
1963,75086,250108,750

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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.