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2015 Volkswagen Beetle
This black 2015 Volkswagen Beetle has passed 4 of its 10 first-attempt MOT tests; 2015 Beetles tested in 2025 passed 68% of first attempts. Its most recent test, on 24 September 2026, was a fail. Mileage of 188,043 is above three-quarters of 2015 Beetles tested in 2025.
Read from the last two years of this car's own test record, grouped by area. Each line quotes what the tester wrote and the date of the test.
Major item, 24 Sept 2026: Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side
. No later pass is on the record yet.
Major item, 24 Sept 2026: Parking brake efficiency below requirements
. Recorded at 2 tests. No later pass is on the record yet.
Advisory, 24 Sept 2026: parking brake lever has little reserve travel
.
Typical UK garage price for brake pad replacement: £100–£300. Typical UK garage prices for each job, from published UK repair-cost guides, checked September 2026; not a quote.
Major item, 24 Sept 2026: Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
. No later pass is on the record yet.
Major item, 24 Sept 2026: Nearside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated
. No later pass is on the record yet.
Major item, 15 Sept 2025: Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken
. The car passed a retest the same day.
Major item, 15 Sept 2025: Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt boot split
. The car passed a retest the same day.
Typical UK garage price for coil spring replacement: £175–£400. Typical UK garage prices for each job, from published UK repair-cost guides, checked September 2026; not a quote.
Major item, 15 Sept 2025: Nearside Front Tyre has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords 235/45 ZR18
. The car passed a retest the same day.
Advisory, 24 Sept 2026: Offside Front Road wheel slightly distorted
. Recorded at 2 tests.
Advisory, 24 Sept 2026: Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge
. Recorded at 3 tests.
Advisory, 24 Sept 2026: Road wheel slightly distorted both rear
. Recorded at 2 tests.
2 more in the full MOT history below.
Major item, 24 Sept 2026: Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect nearside headlamp kicks up to the right
. No later pass is on the record yet.
Typical UK garage price for lamp or bulb replacement: £30–£200. Typical UK garage prices for each job, from published UK repair-cost guides, checked September 2026; not a quote.
Minor item, 24 Sept 2026: Offside Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated
.
Advisory, 24 Sept 2026: nearside DRL inop
.
Nothing recorded against these in the last two years of tests.
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Against every Volkswagen Beetle first used in 2015 and tested in Great Britain in the 2025 test year (3,259 first-attempt tests) — the most recent full year available.
| Measure | This car | Typical 2015 Beetle | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass rate, first attempts | 4 of 10 (40%) | 68.0% in 2025 | Lower than the group figure |
| Fails, first attempts | 6 of 10 | 28.9% of first tests | Higher than the group figure |
| Fixed during the test (PRS) | 0 | 3.1% of first tests | None on this record |
| Mileage at its latest test (24 Sept 2026) | 188,043 miles | 59,537 (middle half 44,052–78,718) | Above the middle half; more than twice the upper quarter |
| Clean passes (no advisories) | 1 of 10 | 38.2% of first tests | Lower than the group figure |
"Typical" is every Volkswagen Beetle first used in 2015, any fuel or use — not adjusted for mileage. This car's figures are from its own record only. A first attempt is any test not within 10 days after a failed test of this car. A first attempt whose faults were all put right during the test counts as fixed during the test (PRS), not as a fail, as in DVSA's figures.
Bars: share of 2015 Beetle first tests that did not pass first time in 2025 carrying each item, in DVSA's wording. Right-hand note: what this car's own record shows in that area.
This car: 188,043 miles at its latest test — above the middle half.
More on this year of Beetle: 2015 Volkswagen Beetle MOT statistics · all Beetle years · Volkswagen
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No advisories or defects recorded at this test.
No advisories or defects recorded at this test.
No advisories or defects recorded at this test.
MOT data sourced from DVSA, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DVSA bulk record as of 27 Sep 2026. DVLA-only fields (tax status, tax due, annual road tax, ULEZ/CO2/Euro status, export marker, wheel plan, type approval, V5C date, recalls) are not loaded until someone presses "Check latest from DVLA & DVSA". Sections 3 and 4 are SortedCars’ arithmetic on the same public record and on DVSA test statistics; they describe the record, not the car’s condition, and are not advice about buying it. Always have a used car inspected before you buy. Check the official record at GOV.UK: check MOT history.
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This is the public record for one vehicle, drawn from two government sources: DVLA for the registration — make, year, colour, fuel, emissions, tax and MOT status — and DVSA for every MOT result and mileage reading since 2005. Nothing here costs anything, and nothing here identifies the keeper.
What it cannot tell you is the commercial history: outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and stolen markers. Those come from Experian and are not public. They are the difference between a car you can drive and a car you can lose — see SortedCars Reports, or read the longer guide on the free car check.
The DVLA and DVSA data on this page contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVLA or DVSA.