Volkswagen Sharan years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 30,695 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 2020. The worst is the 2020, which fails its MOT 35% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2019 is the strongest, failing 21% less often than average.

Found a Volkswagen Sharan 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 Sharan 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 Sharan
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2011	2,159	26.2%	about average
2012	2,023	25.4%	about average
2013	2,270	24.4%	about average
2014	2,945	21.3%	about average
2015	3,222	18.7%	about average
2016	3,389	16.4%	about average
2017	3,607	13.1%	about average
2018	3,341	11.1%	about average
2019	6,388	8.1%	21% better
2020 Worst	1,351	12.4%	35% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Volkswagen Sharan, 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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