Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 14.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 7,693 individual Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 90.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 9 in every 100 Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evos 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 Tiguan Match Tsi Evo tested had covered 36,200 miles and was built around 2019.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo sits 14.1 points above the national average, ranked 571 of 2,005 models. On one bought as 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 Tiguan Match Tsi Evo

1. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 0.5% of tests (1.59x the national rate for this defect)
2. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 3% of tests
3. A tyre seriously damaged, 2.6% of tests
4. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 2.4% of tests
5. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.8% of tests
6. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.5% of tests
7. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 0.4% of tests
8. An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction, 0.4% of tests
9. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.4% of tests
10. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.3% of tests

From 7,686 DVSA-tracked Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 6.06% of these flagged Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo before it actually fails on it.

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 30.9% of tests (2x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
2. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 7.8% of tests (2x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 14.6% of tests (1.56x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
4. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 18.8% of tests (1.53x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
5. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 22.2% of tests, also fails
6. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 2.6% of tests, also fails
7. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 2.1% of tests
8. Number plate inscription missing or illegible, 0.8% of tests
9. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.7% of tests
10. Brake fluid significantly below minimum mark, 0.2% of tests (2.17x the national rate for this advisory)

From 7,686 DVSA-tracked Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo tests, 2024.

Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo pass rate by model year

From its 2019 to its 2020 model year, the Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo's first-time pass rate has risen 0.4 points, from 91% to 91.4%, the usual pattern: a newer model year is a younger car today, so it fails less. First-time pass rate for each Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo year:

• 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo - 91% first-time pass, 4,506 tests
• 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo - 91.4% first-time pass, 3,148 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

• Audi A1 Technik 25 Tfsi S-A - 90.9%
• Audi Q3 S Line Ed 1 35 Tfsi Mhev Sa - 90.9%
• Bentley Continental - 90.8%
• Skoda Octavia Se Technology Tsi - 90.8%
• Porsche Taycan 4s 93kwh - 90.8%
• Peugeot 208 GT Puretech S/S - 90.8%

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
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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