Pass rate
83.3%
Around average — 6.2 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 372 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£91
2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec MOT pass rate
- 2019
- People carrier
- typical 45,553 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
33.5% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 83.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2019 83.3% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.1%
- Typical mileage
- 46k mi
The 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec MOT pass rate is 83.3% of its MOT tests — 6.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Caravelle Exec does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 33.5% of everything recorded on the 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec, against 19.8% nationally — 13.7 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, people carriers this age and mileage expect about 89.5%; this one manages 83.3% — 6.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 16% 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.
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 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 6.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.1%. The median 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec in this dataset had covered 45,553 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.7% of the time, April–September 86.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.49% of tests.
- 372 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.3% overall pass rate, 80.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Caravelle Exec, the average is 83.3% — best year 2019 (83.3%), worst 2019 (83.3%).
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
- 372
- Typical mileage (median)
- 45,553 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Caravelle Exec
- 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 Caravelle Exec MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Caravelle Exec
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 66 | 81.8% |
| East of England | 58 | 86.2% |
| Yorkshire | 46 | 78.3% |
| South West | 41 | 80.5% |
| West Midlands | 35 | 80.0% |
| Wales | 26 | 80.8% |
| East Midlands | 24 | 91.7% |
| Scotland | 22 | 90.9% |
| North West | 22 | 90.9% |
| North East | 21 | 76.2% |
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 2019 Caravelle Exec
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 2019 Caravelle Exec
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 3.5% 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 3.0% 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.
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Check the shock absorbers 2.7% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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 2019 Caravelle Exec through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£91 — and 16% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£91
- 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
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 16%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 372 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 →
Compare the 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec 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 2019 people carriers with a similar record
- Ford Tourneo Connect 85.7%
- Citroen Spacetourer 86.1%
- Citroen Berlingo Multispace 86.6%
- Ford Tourneo 87.5%
- Peugeot Traveller 87.6%
- Ford Tourneo Custom 88.2%
Closest pass rates among 2019 people carriers with at least 200 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best people carriers and worst people carriers.
The full DVSA record for the 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec 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 318 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 | 108 | 33.50% | 19.76% | +13.74 |
| Brakes | 70 | 21.70% | 20.89% | +0.81 |
| Suspension | 55 | 17.10% | 20.98% | −3.88 |
| Non-component advisories | 24 | 7.50% | 4.18% | +3.32 |
| Visibility | 18 | 5.60% | 4.97% | +0.63 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 15 | 4.70% | 12.21% | −7.51 |
| Steering | 9 | 2.80% | 2.57% | +0.23 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 7 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 2.20% | 0.82% | +1.38 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 1.60% | 5.52% | −3.92 |
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 | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £25–65 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £30–75 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.1% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.81% | £3–12 |
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 | 16.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.8% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 3.8% | £30–75 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 82 | 91.5% | 20,719 mi |
| 30-60k | 189 | 82.5% | 44,308 mi |
| 60-90k | 80 | 78.8% | 72,350 mi |
| 90-120k | 21 | 76.2% | 101,718 mi |
Source: 372 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.
2019 Caravelle Exec MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec?
83.3% of the 372 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 80.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.49%), coil spring fractured or broken (2.96%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (2.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.5% of the time, falling to 76.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec in this dataset had covered 45,553 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Volkswagen Caravelle Exec MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.