Volkswagen Touareg years to avoid: the later ones
Based on 33,612 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 2017. The worst is the 2017, which fails its MOT 33% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2012 is the strongest, failing 33% less often than average.
Found a Volkswagen Touareg 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 Touareg model year
Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.
| Registered | MOT tests | Fail rate | vs same-age cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1,411 | 30.4% |
16% better
|
| 2006 | 1,993 | 28.5% |
21% better
|
| 2007 | 2,249 | 28.8% |
18% better
|
| 2008 | 1,605 | 30.3% |
about average
|
| 2009 | 1,195 | 27.7% |
17% better
|
| 2011 | 1,785 | 23.4% |
23% better
|
| 2012 | 1,956 | 18.7% |
33% better
|
| 2013 | 2,383 | 20.1% |
21% better
|
| 2014 | 3,140 | 17.3% |
24% better
|
| 2015 | 4,177 | 19.4% |
about average
|
| 2016 | 3,890 | 19.0% |
about average
|
| 2017 Worst | 3,277 | 19.0% |
33% worse
|
| 2018 | 1,562 | 11.9% |
about average
|
| 2019 | 2,989 | 8.7% |
15% better
|
How this is worked out
Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Volkswagen Touareg, 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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