63.3%
Volkswagen Eos
Volkswagen Eos MOT pass rate and common problems
The Volkswagen Eos passed 63.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 9.1 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was coil spring fractured or broken.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Eos 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 Eos runs 9.8 points behind the Volkswagen average. It is 26th of the 31 Volkswagen models in the data. The average Eos arrived at its test 15.9 years old with 95,836 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.
Eos MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Volkswagen Eos cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 78.3% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 62.7%, a drop of 15.6 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 400 | 78.3% | 6 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 10,426 | 62.7% | 9.6 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 Eos failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Volkswagen Eos cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and brakes together account for 46.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Eos MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Volkswagen Eos cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 43.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Volkswagen Eos cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Eos
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken, linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 20.6% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 9% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 4.4% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 3.4% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Eos has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Volkswagen Eos buying guide.
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Volkswagen Eos MOT FAQs
What is the Volkswagen Eos MOT pass rate?
63.3% of Volkswagen Eos cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 10,826 tests. That is 9.1 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 455th of 575 models.
What does a Volkswagen Eos most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Volkswagen Eos cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 8.3% of failure items. Next were linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.7%).
Which area causes the most Volkswagen Eos MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 29.4%, followed by brakes at 17.5%.
Do older Volkswagen Eos cars fail their MOT more often?
Volkswagen Eos cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 78.3% of MOT tests in 2025, against 62.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Volkswagen Eos has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Volkswagen Eos 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 Eos'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.