Pass rate
86.1%
Above average — 1.8 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 36,642 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£98
2018 Volkswagen Caddy MOT pass rate
- 2018
- Van
- typical 68,449 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
29.5% 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 →
3.3 pts down across model years — 9.9% in 2003, 6.6% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 91.8% pass
- Avoid 2001 67.2% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 24.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.1%
- Typical mileage
- 68k mi
The 2018 Volkswagen Caddy MOT pass rate is 86.1% of its MOT tests — 1.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Caddy does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 29.5% of everything recorded on the 2018 Volkswagen Caddy, against 19.8% nationally — 9.7 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.
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 2018 Volkswagen Caddy compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 1.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.1%. The median 2018 Volkswagen Caddy in this dataset had covered 68,449 mi.
89% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 85.9% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.9% of the time, April–September 85.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.89% of tests.
- 36,642 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.1% overall pass rate, 84.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Caddy, the average is 79.2% — best year 2023 (91.8%), worst 2001 (67.2%).
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
- 36,642
- Typical mileage (median)
- 68,449 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Caddy
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Caddy MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (89% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Caddy
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 7,763 | 86.6% |
| North West | 3,914 | 86.6% |
| Scotland | 3,695 | 83.7% |
| South West | 3,609 | 83.9% |
| East of England | 3,496 | 86.7% |
| West Midlands | 3,390 | 87.2% |
| Yorkshire | 3,318 | 86.9% |
| East Midlands | 2,351 | 86.1% |
| Wales | 1,833 | 84.8% |
| London | 1,650 | 89.1% |
| North East | 1,621 | 86.4% |
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 2018 Caddy
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 2018 Caddy
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 windscreen 4.9% 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 lights 2.9% of tests
“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.
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Check the suspension joints 2.1% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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 2018 Caddy through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£98 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£98
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 36,642 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 Caddy, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.2% to 91.8% — a spread of 24.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 73.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 67.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 70.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 69.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 71.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 72.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 72.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 73.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 74.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 74.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 73.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 75.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 76.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 77.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 78.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 79.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 81.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 82.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 86.1%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 86.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 87.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 88.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 89.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 91.8% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
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 2018 Volkswagen Caddy 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 2018 vans with a similar record
- Ford Transit Custom 85.4%
- Renault Master 87.0%
- Peugeot Expert 84.8%
- Toyota Proace 84.5%
- Ford Transit Connect 84.4%
- Ford Transit Courier 84.3%
Closest pass rates among 2018 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2018 Volkswagen Caddy 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 38,408 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 | 11,454 | 29.50% | 19.76% | +9.74 |
| Brakes | 8,889 | 22.90% | 20.89% | +2.01 |
| Suspension | 4,856 | 12.50% | 20.98% | −8.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3,912 | 10.10% | 12.21% | −2.11 |
| Visibility | 3,662 | 9.40% | 4.97% | +4.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2,276 | 5.90% | 5.52% | +0.38 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,447 | 3.70% | 4.18% | −0.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 722 | 1.90% | 5.57% | −3.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 677 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
| Road Wheels | 513 | 1.30% | 0.75% | +0.55 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.9% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.9% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.3% | £5–20 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £40–150 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.92% | £45–95 |
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.82% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.80% | £8–22 |
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 | 15.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.0% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.1% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4,230 | 90.8% | 19,814 mi |
| 30-60k | 10,914 | 87.5% | 45,958 mi |
| 60-90k | 10,130 | 85.4% | 74,105 mi |
| 90-120k | 6,412 | 83.9% | 103,443 mi |
| 120k+ | 4,939 | 83.3% | 152,602 mi |
Source: 36,642 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.
2018 Caddy MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Volkswagen Caddy?
86.1% of the 36,642 2018 Volkswagen Caddy tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 84.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Volkswagen Caddy?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.89%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.87%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.34%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Volkswagen Caddy MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.8% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Volkswagen Caddy in this dataset had covered 68,449 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Volkswagen Caddy?
Diesel: 85.9% pass rate across 32,748 tests. Petrol: 88.1% pass rate across 3,894 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Volkswagen Caddy MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.