CV boot severely deteriorated on the Volkswagen Golf
CV boot severely deteriorated on the Volkswagen Golf is recorded on 97,153 tests — 3.1% of all its MOT tests, against 1.5% across every car in the data. That is 2.1× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.5% of tests record it — this model is 2.1× that share |
| The 304 models compared | 57 of 304, highest first |
| The model's own record | 3,105,148 tests · every year of the Golf → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volkswagen Golf tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2000, 4.5% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2015, 0.3%. The share has fallen 4.3 points over that time. Worst year 2006 at 10.6%; best 2015 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 779 | 17,110 | 4.5% |
| 2001 | 1,885 | 30,564 | 6.2% |
| 2002 | 4,042 | 54,026 | 7.5% |
| 2003 | 4,394 | 63,282 | 6.9% |
| 2004 | 4,371 | 50,389 | 8.7% |
| 2005 | 8,036 | 77,931 | 10.3% |
| 2006 | 12,220 | 114,805 | 10.6% |
| 2007 | 14,025 | 154,977 | 9.1% |
| 2008 | 14,823 | 154,176 | 9.6% |
| 2009 | 9,145 | 167,795 | 5.5% |
| 2010 | 7,175 | 172,762 | 4.2% |
| 2011 | 5,636 | 192,158 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 6,078 | 193,995 | 3.1% |
| 2013 | 1,647 | 193,330 | 0.8% |
| 2014 | 947 | 221,317 | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 646 | 226,704 | 0.3% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £80–£250 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- CV boot severely deteriorated: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Volkswagen Golf MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Volkswagen model →