Pass rate
81.7%
Around average — 2.3 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,626 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £45–£115
2016 Volkswagen Crafter MOT pass rate
- 2016
- Van
- 3 trims combined
- typical 95,452 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
36.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
14.0 pts down across model years — 15.6% in 2007, 1.6% in 2017.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 91.2% pass
- Avoid 2007 73.2% pass
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 18 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.2%
- Typical mileage
- 95k mi
The 2016 Volkswagen Crafter MOT pass rate is 81.7% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 36.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Crafter does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.7× the national share
Brakes make up 36.2% of everything recorded on the 2016 Volkswagen Crafter, against 20.9% nationally — 15.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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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Every Volkswagen Crafter first registered in 2016 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2016 Volkswagen Crafter compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.2%. The median 2016 Volkswagen Crafter in this dataset had covered 95,452 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.0% of the time, April–September 82.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 7.56% of tests.
- 1,626 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.7% overall pass rate, 78.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Crafter, the average is 79.7% — best year 2021 (91.2%), worst 2007 (73.2%).
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
- 1,626
- Typical mileage (median)
- 95,452 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Crafter
- 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 Crafter MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Crafter
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 283 | 80.2% |
| South East | 243 | 81.5% |
| North West | 209 | 84.2% |
| Scotland | 163 | 75.5% |
| Yorkshire | 162 | 84.0% |
| West Midlands | 136 | 89.0% |
| Wales | 128 | 76.6% |
| East of England | 124 | 85.5% |
| East Midlands | 110 | 76.4% |
| North East | 49 | 85.7% |
| London | 19 | 94.7% |
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 Crafter
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 Crafter
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 7.6% 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 2.7% of tests
“rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface”
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 brake pipes 1.8% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 Crafter through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £45–£115 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £45–£115
- 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
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,626 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 Crafter, side by side
17 model years on record, from 2006 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.2% to 91.2% — a spread of 18 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 73.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 73.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 73.3% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2009 74.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 74.3% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2011 77.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 75.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 76.5% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2014 78.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2015 80.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 81.7%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 84.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 86.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 87.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 88.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 91.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 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 2016 Volkswagen Crafter 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 vans with a similar record
- Ford Transit Custom 81.0%
- Ford Transit Connect 82.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 83.3%
- Citroen Relay 80.1%
- Renault Master 84.0%
- Ford Transit 79.3%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Volkswagen Crafter 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 2,691 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 991 | 36.20% | 20.89% | +15.31 |
| Suspension | 449 | 16.40% | 20.98% | −4.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 341 | 12.50% | 12.21% | +0.29 |
| Tyres | 248 | 9.10% | 19.76% | −10.66 |
| Visibility | 231 | 8.40% | 4.97% | +3.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 134 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 116 | 4.20% | 5.52% | −1.32 |
| Steering | 97 | 3.50% | 2.57% | +0.93 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 46 | 1.70% | 5.57% | −3.87 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 38 | 1.40% | 0.82% | +0.58 |
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 | 7.6% | £80–200 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.7% | £45–110 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.2% | £5–20 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £80–180 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £3–15 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £45–110 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £45–110 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £40–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.8% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.7% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.3% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 5.9% | £120–300 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.3% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 56 | 92.9% | 21,231 mi |
| 30-60k | 270 | 91.5% | 46,178 mi |
| 60-90k | 404 | 81.9% | 77,206 mi |
| 90-120k | 389 | 79.4% | 104,084 mi |
| 120k+ | 504 | 77.0% | 161,020 mi |
Source: 1,626 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 Crafter MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Volkswagen Crafter?
81.7% of the 1,626 2016 Volkswagen Crafter tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 78.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Volkswagen Crafter?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.56%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5.66%), rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface (2.71%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Volkswagen Crafter MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.9% of the time, falling to 77.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Volkswagen Crafter in this dataset had covered 95,452 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Volkswagen Crafter MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.