68.4%
Volkswagen Caddy
Volkswagen Caddy MOT pass rate and common problems
The Volkswagen Caddy passed 68.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 3.9 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Caddy compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
73.1%
Volkswagen average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Caddy runs 4.6 points behind the Volkswagen average. It is 19th of the 31 Volkswagen models in the data. The average Caddy arrived at its test 10.8 years old with 112,653 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Caddy MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Volkswagen Caddy cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 81% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 61.6%, a drop of 19.5 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 18,831 | 81% | 8.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 56,918 | 71.4% | 0.9 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 68,556 | 61.6% | 10.7 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Caddy failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Volkswagen Caddy cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 48.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Caddy MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Volkswagen Caddy cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Volkswagen Caddy cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Caddy
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and coil spring fractured or broken. 14.6% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 7.6% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: washers provides insufficient washer liquid and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 5.8% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 5.3% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Caddy has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Volkswagen Caddy buying guide.
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Volkswagen Caddy MOT FAQs
What is the Volkswagen Caddy MOT pass rate?
68.4% of Volkswagen Caddy cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 148,620 tests. That is 3.9 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 377th of 575 models.
What does a Volkswagen Caddy most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Volkswagen Caddy cars failing their 2025 MOT was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, on 11% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.4%) and coil spring fractured or broken (3.7%).
Which area causes the most Volkswagen Caddy MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 29.2%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 19%.
Do older Volkswagen Caddy cars fail their MOT more often?
Volkswagen Caddy cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 81% of MOT tests in 2025, against 61.6% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Volkswagen Caddy has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Volkswagen Caddy that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Volkswagen Caddy's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.