2003 Volkswagen Touran: MOT pass rate and reliability

64.3% of 2003 Volkswagen Tourans pass the MOT first time, measured across 244 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 148,045 miles.

How the 2003 compares

  • Against all Volkswagen Tourans (73.2%, 73,374 tests): -8.9 points
  • Against all 2003 cars (64.7%): -0.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volkswagen Touran model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2003 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volkswagen Touran:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2003 64.3% 244 148,045
2004 60.8% 1,863 149,645
2005 61.4% 2,896 147,974
2006 60.9% 3,991 142,507
2007 65.1% 5,635 140,884
2008 63.6% 5,042 137,828
2009 64.8% 5,338 132,837
2010 64.9% 4,976 127,716
2011 72% 5,964 118,528
2012 73.9% 5,702 112,053
2013 75.4% 5,405 102,968
2014 77.4% 4,923 96,454
2015 78.4% 3,821 90,651
2016 85.8% 3,633 77,532
2017 85.9% 4,297 65,453
2018 84.8% 3,751 57,146
2019 88.5% 2,803 43,257
2020 90% 2,140 34,409
2021 90% 906 29,777

What this means if you are buying a 2003 Touran

The 2003 is a weaker year for this model, passing 8.9 points less often than the Volkswagen Touran average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2003 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 23-year-old car fails on

A 2003 car is 23 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 2003 Volkswagen Touran the average at test was 148,045 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 90%, and the weakest in our data is 2004 at 60.8%. That 29.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2003 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Volkswagen Touran MOT data · Every model