71.5%
Volkswagen Cc
Volkswagen Cc MOT pass rate and common problems
The Volkswagen Cc passed 71.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 0.8 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 Cc 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 Cc runs 1.6 points behind the Volkswagen average. It is 18th of the 31 Volkswagen models in the data. The average Cc arrived at its test 11.1 years old with 111,291 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.
Cc MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Volkswagen Cc cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 73.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 69.3%, a drop of 4.4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 6,584 | 73.7% | 1.4 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 6,793 | 69.3% | 3 pts below |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Cc failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Volkswagen Cc cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and tyres together account for 54.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Cc MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Volkswagen Cc cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 47.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Volkswagen Cc cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Cc
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken, suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened, shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak and linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 26.1% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 12.6% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 3.1% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 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 Cc has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Volkswagen Cc buying guide.
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Volkswagen Cc MOT FAQs
What is the Volkswagen Cc MOT pass rate?
71.5% of Volkswagen Cc cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 13,378 tests. That is 0.8 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 324th of 575 models.
What does a Volkswagen Cc most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Volkswagen Cc cars failing their 2025 MOT was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, on 9.6% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.8%) and coil spring fractured or broken (6.8%).
Which area causes the most Volkswagen Cc MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 33%, followed by tyres at 21.2%.
Do older Volkswagen Cc cars fail their MOT more often?
Volkswagen Cc cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 73.7% of MOT tests in 2025, against 69.3% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Volkswagen Cc has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Volkswagen Cc 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 Cc'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.