Pass rate
85.2%
Above average — 1.2 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 6,181 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£101
2016 Volkswagen Cc MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 75,056 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
29.9% 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 →
1.8 pts down across model years — 7.7% in 2012, 5.9% in 2017.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 85.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2011 76.1% pass
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 9.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.9%
- Typical mileage
- 75k mi
The 2016 Volkswagen Cc MOT pass rate is 85.2% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Cc does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 29.9% of everything recorded on the 2016 Volkswagen Cc, against 19.8% nationally — 10.1 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 11% 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 2016 Volkswagen Cc compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.9%. The median 2016 Volkswagen Cc in this dataset had covered 75,056 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 93% of tests, with a 85.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.8% of the time, April–September 85.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 2.31% of tests.
- 6,181 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.2% overall pass rate, 82.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Cc, the average is 80.7% — best year 2016 (85.2%), worst 2011 (76.1%).
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
- 6,181
- Typical mileage (median)
- 75,056 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Cc
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Suspension Component
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Cc MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (93% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Cc
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,042 | 84.8% |
| West Midlands | 791 | 85.6% |
| North West | 790 | 86.8% |
| Scotland | 654 | 80.1% |
| Yorkshire | 599 | 85.0% |
| East of England | 538 | 85.7% |
| East Midlands | 493 | 86.2% |
| London | 387 | 94.1% |
| South West | 331 | 81.9% |
| North East | 301 | 85.7% |
| Wales | 252 | 81.0% |
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 2016 Cc
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 2016 Cc
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 suspension joints 2.3% 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.
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Check the windscreen 1.6% 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 1.4% 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.
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 2016 Cc through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£101 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £39–£101
- 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
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 6,181 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 Cc, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2009 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.1% to 85.2% — a spread of 9.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 77.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 78.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 76.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 79.8% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2013 79.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 80.1% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2015 81.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2016 85.2%pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 84.7% pins and bushes pin or bush…
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 2016 Volkswagen Cc 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Gla 85.3%
- Audi Q7 85.3%
- Hyundai Santa Fe 85.3%
- Mitsubishi Shogun 85.3%
- Kia Rio 85.1%
- Skoda Citigo 85.1%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Volkswagen Cc 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 7,292 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 | 2,202 | 29.90% | 19.76% | +10.14 |
| Suspension | 2,081 | 28.30% | 20.98% | +7.32 |
| Brakes | 1,625 | 22.10% | 20.89% | +1.21 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 312 | 4.20% | 12.21% | −8.01 |
| Visibility | 311 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 294 | 4.00% | 4.18% | −0.18 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 251 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Road Wheels | 86 | 1.20% | 0.75% | +0.45 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 69 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 61 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £40–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.70% | £18–45 |
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 | 17.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.0% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.1% | £45–95 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.6% | £35–85 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 291 | 92.8% | 22,160 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,669 | 87.4% | 47,238 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,096 | 84.9% | 74,296 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,239 | 82.3% | 102,327 mi |
| 120k+ | 886 | 83.4% | 152,949 mi |
Source: 6,181 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.
2016 Cc MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Volkswagen Cc?
85.2% of the 6,181 2016 Volkswagen Cc tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 82.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Volkswagen Cc?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (2.31%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.60%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.44%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Volkswagen Cc MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.8% of the time, falling to 83.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Volkswagen Cc in this dataset had covered 75,056 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Volkswagen Cc?
Diesel: 85.0% pass rate across 5,774 tests. Petrol: 88.5% pass rate across 407 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Volkswagen Cc MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.