Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 passed on its first attempt in 87.4%, and its overall record sits +7.6 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 in the 2023–2025 data: 1,326 tests across 2 model years (2019–2020). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6, the Brakes section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6, each with how many of the model's 1,326 tests it was noted on.

• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 42 Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 tests, 3.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction" (Major) — noted on about 31 Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 tests, 2.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick" (Major) — noted on about 18 Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 tests, 1.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements" (Major) — noted on about 15 Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 tests, 1.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Parking brake performance inoperative on one side" (Major) — noted on about 9 Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 tests, 0.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Service brake performance excessively binding" (Major) — noted on about 9 Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 tests, 0.7% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 model year on record is 2020 (90.3% across 227 tests), and the weakest is 2019 (88.3%). The gap between them is 2.0 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 Owners

These checks follow this Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6.

• the windscreen — “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.

• the lights — “malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”

  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.

• the brakes — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Volkswagen Amarok Aventura V6 MOT & Reliability