Volkswagen Touran: which years to avoid

Based on 77,771 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

No model year stands out as one to avoid. Every year sits within 15% of the failure rate for cars of the same age. The 2016 is the strongest, failing 18% less often than average.

Found a Volkswagen Touran 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 Touran 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 Touran
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2004	2,557	38.2%	about average
2005	3,902	40.0%	about average
2006	5,054	40.1%	about average
2007	6,601	36.1%	about average
2008	5,768	36.2%	about average
2009	5,824	36.3%	about average
2010	5,366	35.4%	about average
2011	6,232	28.5%	about average
2012	5,865	26.2%	about average
2013	5,274	24.0%	about average
2014	4,899	21.7%	about average
2015	3,817	19.3%	about average
2016	3,606	13.9%	18% better
2017	4,294	13.2%	about average
2018	3,739	13.1%	about average
2019	2,841	10.5%	about average
2020	2,132	9.1%	about average

How this is worked out

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