Volkswagen Jetta MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volkswagen Jetta in Great Britain in 2025 — 11,393 tests. Figures cover every Jetta first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Jetta ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
64.9%
7.4 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
11,393
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.6%
of Jetta first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
78,750
middle half: 56,250–106,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Volkswagen Jetta cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 18,280 Volkswagen Jetta cars that were taxed or on SORN: 14,159 taxed and 4,121 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 Jetta vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
14,159
77.5% of the 18,280 Jetta cars taxed or on SORN; 90 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
4,121
declared off the road by their keepers — 22.5% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Jetta cars peaked at 31,344 at the end of 2016 and has since fallen by 17,185 (54.8%) to 14,159 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 898 at the end of 2014 to 4,121 at the end of 2025, up 358.9%. 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 Jetta 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 Jetta cars, year 2014: 30kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2015: 31kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2016: 31kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2017: 30kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2018: 29kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2019: 27kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2020: 25kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2021: 23kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2022: 21kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2023: 18kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2024: 16kTaxed Jetta cars, year 2025: 14k14k
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YearTaxed Jetta cars
201429,966
201530,653
201631,344
201730,293
201828,742
201926,942
202024,858
202122,798
202220,731
202318,484
202416,169
202514,159

Jetta 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.

01k2k3k4k5k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Jetta cars on SORN, year 2014: 898Jetta cars on SORN, year 2015: 1kJetta cars on SORN, year 2016: 1kJetta cars on SORN, year 2017: 2kJetta cars on SORN, year 2018: 2kJetta cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kJetta cars on SORN, year 2020: 3kJetta cars on SORN, year 2021: 3kJetta cars on SORN, year 2022: 3kJetta cars on SORN, year 2023: 4kJetta cars on SORN, year 2024: 4kJetta cars on SORN, year 2025: 4k4k
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YearJetta cars on SORN
2014898
20151,165
20161,332
20171,667
20182,013
20192,336
20202,726
20213,055
20223,237
20233,562
20243,836
20254,121

Which model years survive

Taxed Jetta cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 14,159 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 2 taxed Jetta cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 14,157. 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 Jetta cars
20173842.7%
20161,0577.5%
20151,56711.1%
20141,2959.1%
20131,3979.9%
20121,47110.4%
20111,0867.7%
20106294.4%
20099556.7%
20081,3209.3%
20071,62111.4%
20061,0707.6%
All other build years (31 years, each under 1%)3052.2%

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 JETTA 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 Jetta ages

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

Volkswagen JettaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 9: 71.3%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 10: 71.9%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 11: 67.5%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 12: 65.4%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 13: 64.6%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 14: 64.4%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 15: 67.1%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 16: 63%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 17: 60.1%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 18: 59.1%Volkswagen Jetta, vehicle age 19: 58%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 Jetta 58%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Jetta testsJetta pass rateAll cars
971871.3%74.9%
101,06071.9%71.9%
1190667.5%68.6%
1295965.4%65.8%
131,06664.6%63.5%
1479864.4%61.2%
1556567.1%59.3%
1686163.0%58.3%
171,24160.1%57.2%
181,55059.1%57.4%
191,04558.0%57.0%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Jetta aheadJetta behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 9: -3.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: +0.0 points vs the average carAge 11: -1.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: -0.4 points vs the average carAge 13: +1.1 points vs the average car13Age 14: +3.2 points vs the average carAge 15: +7.8 points vs the average car15Age 16: +4.7 points vs the average carAge 17: +2.9 points vs the average car17Age 18: +1.7 points vs the average carAge 19: +1.0 points vs the average car19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
9-3.6
10+0.0
11-1.1
12-0.4
13+1.1
14+3.2
15+7.8
16+4.7
17+2.9
18+1.7
19+1.0

The Jetta fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 9: 7189Age 10: 1kAge 11: 90611Age 12: 959Age 13: 1k13Age 14: 798Age 15: 56515Age 16: 861Age 17: 1k17Age 18: 1kAge 19: 1k19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
9718
101,060
11906
12959
131,066
14798
15565
16861
171,241
181,550
191,045

What a Jetta fails on

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

Suspension28.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.3%
Brakes15.6%
Tyres10.7%
Body, chassis, structure9.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.5%
Visibility5.3%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.8%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 36.1% of advisories36.1%Tyres: 25.0% of advisories25.0%Brakes: 20.6% of advisories20.6%Noise, emissions and leaks: 4.7% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 3.6% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.0% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension36.1%
Tyres25.0%
Brakes20.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.7%
Body, chassis, structure3.6%
Non-component advisories3.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Jetta?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Jetta 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%Diesel: 63.9% of 9,364 tests63.9%Diesel9,364 testsPetrol: 69.0% of 2,028 tests69.0%Petrol2,028 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel9,36463.9%
Petrol2,02869.0%

What mileage is normal for a Jetta?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Jetta; 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 Jetta (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k91113151719Vehicle age (years)Age 9: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 53,750–101,250)Age 10: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 56,250–106,250)Age 11: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 71,250–123,750)Age 12: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 71,250–126,250)Age 13: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 86,250–141,250)Age 14: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 91,250–146,250)Age 15: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 86,250–138,750)Age 16: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 83,750–143,750)Age 17: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 98,750–156,250)Age 18: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 103,750–161,250)Age 19: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 103,750–163,750)133k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
953,75071,250101,250
1056,25078,750106,250
1171,25096,250123,750
1271,25096,250126,250
1386,250111,250141,250
1491,250113,750146,250
1586,250108,750138,750
1683,750113,750143,750
1798,750128,750156,250
18103,750133,750161,250
19103,750133,750163,750

What fails at each age

The Jetta'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.

SuspensionTyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsSuspension36.7%
6-9 yrsTyres20.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes16.0%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.0%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.8%
6-9 yrsEverything else10.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension40.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes19.3%
10-13 yrsTyres12.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.1%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure4.8%
10-13 yrsEverything else11.4%
14+ yrsSuspension26.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.2%
14+ yrsBrakes15.9%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure12.9%
14+ yrsTyres10.1%
14+ yrsEverything else18.0%

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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.