Pass rate
92.2%
Above average — 1.5 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 205 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£127
2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 26,136 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
40.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 93.4% pass
- Avoid 2021 91.6% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 1.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.1%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 MOT pass rate is 92.2% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 40.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Cupra Formentor VZ2 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 40.8% of everything recorded on the 2020 Cupra Formentor Vz2, against 19.8% nationally — 21.0 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 205 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.1%. The median 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 in this dataset had covered 26,136 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.9% of the time, April–September 85.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits", noted on 1.46% of tests.
- 205 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.2% overall pass rate, 92.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Cupra Formentor VZ2, the average is 92.1% — best year 2022 (93.4%), worst 2021 (91.6%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 205
- Typical mileage (median)
- 26,136 mi
- Make and model
- Cupra Formentor VZ2
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Emissions Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Formentor VZ2 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Formentor VZ2
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 34 | 97.1% |
| South East | 34 | 91.2% |
| Yorkshire | 29 | 93.1% |
| Scotland | 23 | 87.0% |
| East of England | 22 | 95.5% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 93.8% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 93.3% |
| South West | 15 | 80.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2020 Formentor VZ2
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2020 Formentor VZ2
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 1.5% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the tyre tread 1.5% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the brakes 1.0% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2020 Formentor VZ2 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£127 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£127
- Cheapest common item: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 205 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Formentor VZ2, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 91.6% to 93.4% — a spread of 1.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 92.2%catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2021 91.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 93.4% has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2020 cars with a similar record
- Jeep Renegade 92.2%
- MINI COOPER 92.3%
- Fiat Panda 92.3%
- Volkswagen Polo 92.1%
- Volvo XC40 92.1%
- Toyota Prius 92.1%
Closest pass rates among 2020 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 125 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 51 | 40.80% | 19.76% | +21.04 |
| Brakes | 36 | 28.80% | 20.89% | +7.91 |
| Suspension | 12 | 9.60% | 20.98% | −11.38 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 7.20% | 4.18% | +3.02 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 5.60% | 5.52% | +0.08 |
| Visibility | 3 | 2.40% | 4.97% | −2.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.60% | 5.57% | −3.97 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.80% | 0.75% | +0.05 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.5% | £60–250 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.98% | £18–45 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.98% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.49% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 0.49% | £18–45 |
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 0.49% | £60–150 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.49% | £60–250 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.49% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.49% | £45–95 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.4% | £30–75 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.4% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 134 | 91.8% | 21,028 mi |
| 30-60k | 70 | 92.9% | 39,615 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 62,009 mi |
Source: 205 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2020 Formentor VZ2 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2?
92.2% of the 205 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 92.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2?
The three most recorded items are catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (1.46%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.46%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (0.98%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 in this dataset had covered 26,136 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Cupra Formentor VZ2 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.