77.3%
Volkswagen Touareg pass rate
Used Volkswagen Touareg buying guide
In 2025, Volkswagen Touareg cars passed 77.3% of 36,808 initial MOT tests, 5 points above the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Volkswagen Touareg MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
+5
percentage points above average
Ranked on pass rate the Touareg sits 235th of 575 models in the data. Volkswagen as a brand averaged 73.1%, so this model runs 4.2 points ahead of its own brand. Volkswagen Touareg cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 89.5% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 70.2%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Volkswagen Touareg MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Touareg compares with similar cars.
Touareg fuel types
Diesel made up 95.7% of Volkswagen Touareg MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Touareg fails its MOT
Where Volkswagen Touareg cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were coil spring fractured or broken (16.8%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.6%) and rear fog lamp not working (5.6%). See every common Touareg MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Volkswagen Touareg that failed, not a claim that every Touareg has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Touareg?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 27% of Touareg failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 24.6% of Touareg failure items.
3
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 15% of Touareg failure items.
4
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 13.5% of Touareg failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 5.2% of Touareg failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Volkswagen Touareg failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Volkswagen models
The most-tested Volkswagen models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Touareg.
- Used Volkswagen Golf 75.1% MOT pass rate
- Used Volkswagen Polo 67.4% MOT pass rate
- Used Volkswagen Transporter 68.3% MOT pass rate
- Used Volkswagen Tiguan 81.4% MOT pass rate
- Used Volkswagen Passat 71.5% MOT pass rate
- Used Volkswagen Caddy 68.4% MOT pass rate
See all 31 Volkswagen models ranked by MOT pass rate.
Used Volkswagen Touareg FAQs
Is the Volkswagen Touareg reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 77.3% first-time pass rate for the Volkswagen Touareg across 36,808 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Volkswagen Touareg cars fail their MOT more often?
Volkswagen Touareg cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 89.5% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 70.2%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Volkswagen Touareg?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and tyres. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Volkswagen Touareg's history?
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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.