Pass rate
86.1%
Above average — 7.5 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 532 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £54–£167
2013 Volkswagen High Up MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 56,394 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
26.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 88.0% pass
- Avoid 2013 86.1% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.9%
- Typical mileage
- 56k mi
The 2013 Volkswagen High Up MOT pass rate is 86.1% of its MOT tests — 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen High Up does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.3× the national share
Tyres make up 25.9% of everything recorded on the 2013 Volkswagen High Up, against 19.8% nationally — 6.1 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.7%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. 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.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 78.6% and this one manages 86.1% — 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% 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 2013 Volkswagen High Up compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.9%. The median 2013 Volkswagen High Up in this dataset had covered 56,394 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.0% of the time, April–September 83.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Service brake performance excessively binding", noted on 2.44% of tests.
- 532 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.1% overall pass rate, 83.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen High Up, the average is 87.2% — best year 2014 (88.0%), worst 2013 (86.1%).
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
- 532
- Typical mileage (median)
- 56,394 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen High Up
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Servicing
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the High Up MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the High Up
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 101 | 87.1% |
| South West | 86 | 84.9% |
| East of England | 77 | 90.9% |
| North West | 43 | 79.1% |
| Scotland | 43 | 83.7% |
| West Midlands | 40 | 87.5% |
| Yorkshire | 39 | 79.5% |
| Wales | 37 | 81.1% |
| London | 36 | 94.4% |
| East Midlands | 30 | 90.0% |
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 2013 High Up
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 2013 High Up
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 2.1% 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 exhaust and emissions 1.5% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 1.1% 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 2013 High Up through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £54–£167 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £54–£167
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: fuel cap/sealing device ineffective
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 30%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 532 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 High Up, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2013 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.1% to 88.0% — a spread of 1.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 86.1%service brake performance…
- 2014 88.0% 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 2013 Volkswagen High Up 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- MINI Paceman 86.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.2%
- Toyota Auris 85.9%
- Mazda Mx-5 86.3%
- BMW 530 86.3%
- MINI Countryman 85.8%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Volkswagen High Up 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 622 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 | 169 | 26.70% | 20.89% | +5.81 |
| Tyres | 164 | 25.90% | 19.76% | +6.14 |
| Suspension | 75 | 11.90% | 20.98% | −9.08 |
| Non-component advisories | 44 | 7.00% | 4.18% | +2.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 43 | 6.80% | 5.57% | +1.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 42 | 6.60% | 5.52% | +1.08 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 35 | 5.50% | 12.21% | −6.71 |
| Visibility | 30 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
| Road Wheels | 10 | 1.60% | 0.75% | +0.85 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £60–150 |
| Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.1% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.1% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.5% | £60–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £3–12 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.94% | £60–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.94% | £25–65 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.94% | £30–80 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.75% | £60–250 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 0.75% | £5–15 |
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 | 13.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.0% | £40–150 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 4.9% | £60–150 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 82 | 90.2% | 22,296 mi |
| 30-60k | 213 | 89.2% | 45,383 mi |
| 60-90k | 136 | 84.6% | 73,323 mi |
| 90-120k | 80 | 80.0% | 104,394 mi |
| 120k+ | 21 | 71.4% | 137,836 mi |
Source: 532 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.
2013 High Up MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Volkswagen High Up?
86.1% of the 532 2013 Volkswagen High Up tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 83.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Volkswagen High Up?
The three most recorded items are service brake performance excessively binding (2.44%), fuel cap/sealing device ineffective (2.07%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.07%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Volkswagen High Up MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.2% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Volkswagen High Up in this dataset had covered 56,394 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 Volkswagen High Up MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.