Volkswagen Caddy years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 146,024 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2015 to 2020. The worst is the 2019, which fails its MOT 47% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Volkswagen Caddy you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Caddy model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Volkswagen Caddy
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2004	1,370	37.4%	about average
2005	2,216	36.1%	about average
2006	3,213	36.1%	about average
2007	4,890	34.8%	about average
2008	5,744	32.7%	about average
2009	7,019	33.4%	about average
2010	9,419	33.7%	about average
2011	12,444	30.7%	about average
2012	10,016	28.2%	about average
2013	12,599	26.5%	about average
2014	12,022	24.5%	about average
2015	12,097	23.3%	19% worse
2016	13,150	21.7%	28% worse
2017	11,734	19.6%	37% worse
2018	10,843	15.4%	28% worse
2019 Worst	10,621	15.1%	47% worse
2020	6,627	13.1%	43% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Volkswagen Caddy, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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