2017 Volkswagen Arteon: MOT pass rate and reliability

88% of 2017 Volkswagen Arteons pass the MOT first time, measured across 533 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 62,548 miles.

How the 2017 compares

  • Against all Volkswagen Arteons (87.9%, 7,044 tests): +0.1 points
  • Against all 2017 cars (83.5%): +4.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volkswagen Arteon model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2017 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volkswagen Arteon:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2017 88% 533 62,548
2018 87.3% 2,065 60,739
2019 88.1% 2,196 49,390
2020 87.5% 1,001 40,135
2021 89% 1,178 33,882

What this means if you are buying a 2017 Arteon

The 2017 sits close to the Volkswagen Arteon 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 a 9-year-old car fails on

A 2017 car is 9 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2017 Volkswagen Arteon the average at test was 62,548 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 2021 at 89%, and the weakest in our data is 2018 at 87.3%. That 1.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2017 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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