Pass rate
73.2%
Below average — 1.5 pts behind the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 71 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£78
2010 Volkswagen Lt MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 163,640 mi
Only 71 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
26.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
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
- 65.5%
- Typical mileage
- 164k mi
The 2010 Volkswagen Lt MOT pass rate is 73.2% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.5% 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
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.5% of everything recorded on the 2010 Volkswagen Lt, against 21.0% nationally — 5.5 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Based on a small sample. 71 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2010 Volkswagen Lt compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 1.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 65.5%. The median 2010 Volkswagen Lt in this dataset had covered 163,640 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 63.6% of the time, April–September 81.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 21.13% of tests.
- 71 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.2% overall pass rate, 65.5% 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
- 71
- Typical mileage (median)
- 163,640 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
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Lt MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Lt
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 24 | 75.0% |
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 2010 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 2010 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 lights 21.1% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 suspension joints 12.7% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 9.9% 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.
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 2010 Lt through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£78 — and 45% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£78
- Cheapest common item: direction indicator tell-tale inoperative
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 45%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 71 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 2010 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- Ford Fiesta 73.2%
- Vauxhall Meriva 73.3%
- London Taxis Int TX4 73.3%
- Renault Wind 73.1%
- Fiat Punto 73.0%
- Kia Sportage 73.0%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 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 183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 49 | 26.50% | 20.98% | +5.52 |
| Brakes | 32 | 17.30% | 20.89% | −3.59 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 12.40% | 12.21% | +0.19 |
| Tyres | 21 | 11.40% | 19.76% | −8.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 13 | 7.00% | 5.57% | +1.43 |
| Visibility | 13 | 7.00% | 4.97% | +2.03 |
| Steering | 10 | 5.40% | 2.57% | +2.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 3.80% | 0.82% | +2.98 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 3.20% | 5.52% | −2.32 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 21.1% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 12.7% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 9.9% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 7.0% | £80–250 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.2% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Direction indicator tell-tale inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £3–12 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.8% | £3–12 |
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 | 16.9% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.1% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £18–45 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.4% | £35–85 |
| Buckle damaged Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Advisory | 7.0% | £40–120 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.6% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 9 | 77.8% | 74,695 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 75.0% | 105,572 mi |
| 120k+ | 54 | 72.2% | 179,775 mi |
Source: 71 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.
2010 Lt MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Volkswagen Lt?
73.2% of the 71 2010 Volkswagen Lt tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 65.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Volkswagen Lt?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (21.13%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (12.68%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (9.86%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Volkswagen Lt MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 77.8% of the time, falling to 72.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Volkswagen Lt in this dataset had covered 163,640 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Volkswagen Lt MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 63.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.