2019 Volkswagen Transporter T28 H-Line Tdi S-A: MOT pass rate and reliability

87% of 2019 Volkswagen Transporter T28 H-Line Tdi S-As pass the MOT first time, measured across 215 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 65,475 miles.

How the 2019 compares

  • Against all Volkswagen Transporter T28 H-Line Tdi S-As (88.3%, 2,323 tests): -1.3 points
  • Against all 2019 cars (87.9%): -0.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volkswagen Transporter T28 H-Line Tdi S-A model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2019 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volkswagen Transporter T28 H-Line Tdi S-A:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2019 87% 215 65,475
2020 88.8% 616 41,238
2021 88.3% 1,462 31,286

What this means if you are buying a 2019 Transporter T28 H-Line Tdi S-A

The 2019 sits close to the Volkswagen Transporter T28 H-Line Tdi S-A 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 7-year-old car fails on

A 2019 car is 7 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 a shade above the middle of the range, still ordinary wear rather than a red flag, but worth checking against the service book for the car's age. On a 2019 Volkswagen Transporter T28 H-Line Tdi S-A the average at test was 65,475 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 88.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2019 at 87%. That 1.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2019 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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