2020 Volkswagen T-Roc: MOT pass rate and reliability

93.5% of 2020 Volkswagen T-Rocs pass the MOT first time, measured across 13,281 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 31,736 miles.

How the 2020 compares

  • Against all Volkswagen T-Rocs (92.5%, 53,748 tests): +1 points
  • Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): +4.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volkswagen T-Roc model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volkswagen T-Roc:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2018 91.5% 15,827 44,588
2019 92.7% 20,759 39,357
2020 93.5% 13,281 31,736
2021 92.8% 3,836 26,459

What this means if you are buying a 2020 T-Roc

The 2020 sits close to the Volkswagen T-Roc 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 6-year-old car fails on

A 2020 car is 6 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2020 Volkswagen T-Roc the average at test was 31,736 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.

2020 is the strongest year on record for this model at 93.5%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

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