2006 Volkswagen Touareg: MOT pass rate and reliability

71.7% of 2006 Volkswagen Touaregs pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,634 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 146,687 miles.

How the 2006 compares

  • Against all Volkswagen Touaregs (78.7%, 34,580 tests): -7 points
  • Against all 2006 cars (64.1%): +7.6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volkswagen Touareg model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2006 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volkswagen Touareg:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2004 71.8% 613 136,869
2005 68.9% 1,130 145,413
2006 71.7% 1,634 146,687
2007 69.4% 1,973 142,047
2008 69.5% 1,455 139,522
2009 71.6% 1,103 127,794
2010 73.7% 734 128,224
2011 77.6% 1,704 123,978
2012 79.3% 1,875 112,470
2013 79.5% 2,351 104,084
2014 82% 3,093 94,507
2015 78.5% 4,158 84,426
2016 81.2% 3,853 75,405
2017 79% 3,306 65,552
2018 86.5% 1,578 57,244
2019 86.9% 2,939 49,292
2020 92.3% 639 42,510
2021 91.3% 276 34,491

What this means if you are buying a 2006 Touareg

The 2006 is a weaker year for this model, passing 7 points less often than the Volkswagen Touareg average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2006 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 20-year-old car fails on

A 2006 car is 20 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 very high mileage. Clutches, dual-mass flywheels and head gaskets have usually been through at least one repair by this point, so ask for evidence rather than assume the car is original everywhere. On a 2006 Volkswagen Touareg the average at test was 146,687 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 92.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 68.9%. That 23.4 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2006 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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