Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 15.3 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 2,727 individual Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 92% first-time pass rate means roughly 8 in every 100 Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-As presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A tested had covered 27,400 miles and was built around 2020.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 2.7% of tests (1.36x the national rate for this defect)
2. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.9% of tests (1.35x the national rate for this defect)
3. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1.4% of tests
4. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.5% of tests
5. A tyre has a lump, bulge or tear caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. This includes any lifting of the tread rubber, 0.3% of tests (2.36x the national rate for this defect)
6. An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction, 0.3% of tests
7. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 0.3% of tests
8. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.2% of tests
9. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.2% of tests
10. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.2% of tests

From 4,241 DVSA-tracked Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.85% of these flagged Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A year:

• 2020 Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A - 92.6% first-time pass, 1,482 tests
• 2021 Volkswagen Golf Style Etsi S-A - 92.5% first-time pass, 1,196 tests

Other Volkswagen models

• Volkswagen Golf - 77.1%
• Volkswagen Polo - 71.4%
• Volkswagen Transporter - 70.8%
• Volkswagen Tiguan - 82.4%
• Volkswagen Passat - 74.7%
• Volkswagen Caddy - 73.5%
• Volkswagen Up - 84.4%
• Volkswagen Touran - 72.7%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Nissan Juke Tekna Dig-T S-A - 92%
• Vauxhall Crossland X Elite Nav Turbo A - 92%
• Audi Q3 S Line 35 Tfsi - 92%
• Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tdi S-A - 92%
• Honda E Advance - 92%
• Volkswagen Polo United Tsi - 92%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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