Pass rate
72.3%
Below average — 1.5 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 83 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £69–£183
2000 Volkswagen Multivan MOT pass rate
- 2000
- People carrier
- typical 186,406 mi
Only 83 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.
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
31.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 98.1% pass
- Avoid 2002 67.3% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 30.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 63.5%
- Typical mileage
- 186k mi
The 2000 Volkswagen Multivan MOT pass rate is 72.3% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.5× the national share
Brakes make up 31.6% of everything recorded on the 2000 Volkswagen Multivan, against 20.9% nationally — 10.7 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 20% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 83 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 2000 Volkswagen Multivan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, 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 63.5%. The median 2000 Volkswagen Multivan in this dataset had covered 186,406 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.7% of the time, April–September 73.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 9.64% of tests.
- 83 recorded tests behind this page.
- 72.3% overall pass rate, 63.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Multivan, the average is 94.5% — best year 2024 (98.1%), worst 2002 (67.3%).
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
- 83
- Typical mileage (median)
- 186,406 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Multivan
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Multivan MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Volkswagen Multivan is most common
Across all Multivan model years on record (2000–2024): 1,874 Volkswagen Multivan cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,278 tests. Hayes (UB) has the most, with 569 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayes (UB) | 569 | 97.5% |
| 2 | London (N) | 341 | 94.3% |
| 3 | London (E) | 261 | 98.3% |
| 4 | London (NW) | 139 | 96.6% |
| 5 | Slough (SL) | 23 | 100.0% |
| 6 | Bristol (BS) | 18 | — |
| 7 | Birmingham (B) | 18 | — |
| 8 | Hounslow (TW) | 15 | — |
| 9 | Exeter (EX) | 13 | — |
| 10 | Romford (RM) | 13 | — |
| 11 | Reading (RG) | 13 | — |
| 12 | Sheffield (S) | 13 | — |
| 13 | Guildford (GU) | 12 | — |
| 14 | Croydon (CR) | 12 | — |
| 15 | Nottingham (NG) | 12 | — |
| 16 | Crawley (RH) | 12 | — |
| 17 | Northampton (NN) | 12 | — |
| 18 | Derby (DE) | 11 | — |
| 19 | Cardiff (CF) | 11 | — |
| 20 | Leicester (LE) | 10 | — |
The twenty areas with the most Volkswagen Multivan cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Multivan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 21 | 66.7% |
| South West | 17 | 76.5% |
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 Multivan
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 Multivan
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 7.2% 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 steering 6.0% of tests
“steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the windscreen 6.0% 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 2000 Multivan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £69–£183 — and 20% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £69–£183
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 20%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 83 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 Multivan, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2000 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.3% to 98.1% — a spread of 30.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 72.3%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 72.6% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2002 67.3% position lamp not working
- 2022 92.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 96.4% headlamp aim too high
- 2024 98.1% headlamp aim too high
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 Multivan 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.
The full DVSA record for the 2000 Volkswagen Multivan 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 286 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 | 91 | 31.60% | 20.89% | +10.71 |
| Suspension | 51 | 17.70% | 20.98% | −3.28 |
| Tyres | 29 | 10.10% | 19.76% | −9.66 |
| Steering | 26 | 9.00% | 2.57% | +6.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 22 | 7.60% | 12.21% | −4.61 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 22 | 7.60% | 5.57% | +2.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 19 | 6.60% | 5.52% | +1.08 |
| Visibility | 12 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 5 | 1.70% | 0.82% | +0.88 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 9.6% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.2% | £5–20 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 6.0% | £45–110 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 6.0% | £120–300 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.0% | £80–200 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.8% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £25–65 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £3–15 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 3.6% | £120–300 |
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 | 37.4% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 21.7% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.7% | £45–95 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated Brakes | Advisory | 13.3% | £25–70 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 8.4% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 4 | 75.0% | 63,173 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 66.7% | 116,108 mi |
| 120k+ | 76 | 72.4% | 183,910 mi |
Source: 83 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 Multivan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Volkswagen Multivan?
72.3% of the 83 2000 Volkswagen Multivan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 63.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Volkswagen Multivan?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (9.64%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.23%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (6.02%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Volkswagen Multivan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 72.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Volkswagen Multivan in this dataset had covered 186,406 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Volkswagen Multivan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.