2015 Volkswagen Amarok: MOT pass rate and reliability

78.4% of 2015 Volkswagen Amaroks pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,902 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 104,793 miles.

How the 2015 compares

  • Against all Volkswagen Amaroks (80.1%, 20,655 tests): -1.7 points
  • Against all 2015 cars (78.3%): +0.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volkswagen Amarok model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2015 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volkswagen Amarok:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2011 67.5% 581 133,369
2012 72% 1,267 128,271
2013 75.5% 1,872 125,276
2014 74.5% 2,358 113,649
2015 78.4% 2,902 104,793
2016 80% 2,580 97,497
2017 81.2% 2,278 86,465
2018 84.3% 2,803 78,124
2019 87% 2,839 65,094
2020 89.3% 1,166 57,067

What this means if you are buying a 2015 Amarok

The 2015 sits close to the Volkswagen Amarok average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What an 11-year-old car fails on

A 2015 car is 11 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average and into the range where cambelts and water pumps are due if they have not already been done, so ask for the service history rather than take the mileage on trust. On a 2015 Volkswagen Amarok the average at test was 104,793 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 89.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 67.5%. That 21.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2015 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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