Pass rate
69.0%
Below average — 4.8 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 503 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £45–£115
2000 Volkswagen Lt MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 127,201 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
25.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 83.0% pass
- Avoid 2001 67.1% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 15.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.2%
- Typical mileage
- 127k mi
The 2000 Volkswagen Lt MOT pass rate is 69.0% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Lt does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.4× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 17.5% of everything recorded on the 2000 Volkswagen Lt, against 12.2% nationally — 5.3 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 25.8%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.8%; this one manages 69.0% — 4.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2000 Volkswagen Lt compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.2%. The median 2000 Volkswagen Lt in this dataset had covered 127,201 mi.
97% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 69.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.8% of the time, April–September 69.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier", noted on 7.16% of tests.
- 503 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.0% overall pass rate, 60.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Lt, the average is 70.9% — best year 2012 (83.0%), worst 2001 (67.1%).
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
- 503
- Typical mileage (median)
- 127,201 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Lt
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Battery
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Lt MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (97% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Lt
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 151 | 67.5% |
| South East | 65 | 80.0% |
| Wales | 52 | 67.3% |
| North West | 51 | 72.5% |
| West Midlands | 46 | 65.2% |
| Yorkshire | 44 | 63.6% |
| East of England | 39 | 66.7% |
| Scotland | 19 | 68.4% |
| North East | 17 | 70.6% |
| East Midlands | 17 | 64.7% |
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 2000 Lt
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 2000 Lt
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 battery 7.2% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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Check the windscreen 7.2% 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 5.6% of tests
“headlamp not working on main beam”
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 2000 Lt through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £45–£115 — and 48% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £45–£115
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 48%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 503 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 Lt, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2000 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.1% to 83.0% — a spread of 15.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 69.0%battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2001 67.1% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2002 71.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 72.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 71.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 70.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 69.9% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2007 76.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 73.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 80.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 83.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2000 Volkswagen Lt 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Renault Clio 69.0%
- Ford Focus 69.3%
- Honda Cr-V 68.7%
- Nissan Micra 69.4%
- Ford Fiesta 68.3%
- Honda Accord 69.8%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Volkswagen Lt 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 1,911 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 | 496 | 25.80% | 20.89% | +4.91 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 338 | 17.50% | 12.21% | +5.29 |
| Suspension | 336 | 17.40% | 20.98% | −3.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 182 | 9.40% | 5.57% | +3.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 161 | 8.40% | 5.52% | +2.88 |
| Tyres | 113 | 5.90% | 19.76% | −13.86 |
| Non-component advisories | 96 | 5.00% | 4.18% | +0.82 |
| Visibility | 94 | 4.90% | 4.97% | −0.07 |
| Steering | 67 | 3.50% | 2.57% | +0.93 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 28 | 1.50% | 0.82% | +0.68 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.2% | £60–140 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 7.2% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.6% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.4% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.4% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.6% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.4% | £8–22 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £180–450 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.2% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.2% | £60–150 |
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 | 29.2% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 23.7% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.3% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 16.7% | £120–300 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8 | 62.5% | 16,917 mi |
| 30-60k | 11 | 81.8% | 47,093 mi |
| 60-90k | 80 | 73.8% | 74,454 mi |
| 90-120k | 87 | 74.7% | 108,016 mi |
| 120k+ | 291 | 67.0% | 178,087 mi |
Source: 503 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.
2000 Lt MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Volkswagen Lt?
69.0% of the 503 2000 Volkswagen Lt tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 60.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Volkswagen Lt?
The three most recorded items are battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (7.16%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.16%), headlamp not working on main beam (5.57%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Volkswagen Lt MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 62.5% of the time, falling to 67.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Volkswagen Lt in this dataset had covered 127,201 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2000 Volkswagen Lt?
Diesel: 69.0% pass rate across 490 tests. Petrol: 69.2% pass rate across 13 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2000 Volkswagen Lt MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 69.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.