Pass rate
76.5%
Around average — 0.6 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,103 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£84
2011 Volkswagen Amarok MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 129,120 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
22.2% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
8.2 pts down across model years — 9.3% in 2011, 1.1% in 2017.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 89.4% pass
- Avoid 2011 76.5% pass · this year
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 12.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.6%
- Typical mileage
- 129k mi
The 2011 Volkswagen Amarok MOT pass rate is 76.5% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Amarok does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.8× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 22.2% of everything recorded on the 2011 Volkswagen Amarok, against 12.2% nationally — 10.0 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
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 2011 Volkswagen Amarok compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 0.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.6%. The median 2011 Volkswagen Amarok in this dataset had covered 129,120 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 77.8% of the time, April–September 74.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 9.32% of tests.
- 2,103 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.5% overall pass rate, 70.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Amarok, the average is 83.6% — best year 2020 (89.4%), worst 2011 (76.5%).
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
- 2,103
- Typical mileage (median)
- 129,120 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Amarok
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Amarok MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Amarok
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 365 | 77.3% |
| South West | 325 | 73.8% |
| East of England | 274 | 83.9% |
| West Midlands | 230 | 76.1% |
| Wales | 199 | 72.4% |
| Scotland | 195 | 73.8% |
| North West | 157 | 72.0% |
| Yorkshire | 140 | 77.9% |
| East Midlands | 101 | 79.2% |
| North East | 98 | 77.6% |
| London | 19 | 84.2% |
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 2011 Amarok
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 2011 Amarok
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 lights 9.3% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 5.9% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the coil springs 2.6% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2011 Amarok through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£84 — and 49% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£84
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 49%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,103 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 Amarok, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2011 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.5% to 89.4% — a spread of 12.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 76.5%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 78.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 80.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 80.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 81.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 83.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 84.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 86.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 88.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 89.4% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2011 Volkswagen Amarok 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Meriva 76.5%
- SEAT Leon 76.5%
- Skoda Superb 76.5%
- Abarth 500 76.5%
- Audi A1 76.6%
- Ford Mondeo 76.6%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Volkswagen Amarok 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 4,174 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 942 | 22.20% | 12.21% | +9.99 |
| Brakes | 894 | 21.10% | 20.89% | +0.21 |
| Suspension | 819 | 19.30% | 20.98% | −1.68 |
| Tyres | 480 | 11.30% | 19.76% | −8.46 |
| Visibility | 310 | 7.30% | 4.97% | +2.33 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 240 | 5.70% | 5.57% | +0.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 215 | 5.10% | 5.52% | −0.42 |
| Non-component advisories | 120 | 2.80% | 4.18% | −1.38 |
| Steering | 88 | 2.10% | 2.57% | −0.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 66 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 9.3% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.9% | £80–200 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.0% | £3–15 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.7% | £60–150 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £25–65 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 2.6% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £5–25 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
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 | 13.6% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.4% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.0% | £200–700 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.8% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.5% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 4.3% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 100.0% | 18,901 mi |
| 30-60k | 67 | 80.6% | 50,125 mi |
| 60-90k | 240 | 77.1% | 77,873 mi |
| 90-120k | 537 | 78.0% | 106,256 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,248 | 75.4% | 158,449 mi |
Source: 2,103 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.
2011 Amarok MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Volkswagen Amarok?
76.5% of the 2,103 2011 Volkswagen Amarok tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 70.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Volkswagen Amarok?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (9.32%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.94%), rear fog lamp not working (5.04%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Volkswagen Amarok MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 75.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Volkswagen Amarok in this dataset had covered 129,120 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Volkswagen Amarok MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 77.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.