Pass rate
87.5%
Above average — 0.4 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,155 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£104
2018 Volkswagen Scirocco MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 42,381 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
37.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
2.6 pts down across model years — 7.3% in 2008, 4.7% in 2018.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 87.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2010 74.3% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 13.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.9%
- Typical mileage
- 42k mi
The 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco MOT pass rate is 87.5% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 37.8% of everything recorded on the 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco, against 19.8% nationally — 18.0 points above. 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 13% 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 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 0.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.9%. The median 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco in this dataset had covered 42,381 mi.
85% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 88.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.3% of the time, April–September 86.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.55% of tests.
- 2,155 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.5% overall pass rate, 85.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Scirocco, the average is 79.0% — best year 2018 (87.5%), worst 2010 (74.3%).
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
- 2,155
- Typical mileage (median)
- 42,381 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Scirocco
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Scirocco MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (85% of tests).
Where the Volkswagen Scirocco is most common
Across all Scirocco model years on record (2008–2018): 73,182 Volkswagen Scirocco cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 168,454 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 2,718 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 | Birmingham (B) | 2,718 | 83.9% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 1,936 | 82.1% |
| 3 | Nottingham (NG) | 1,705 | 77.9% |
| 4 | Leicester (LE) | 1,684 | 80.1% |
| 5 | Peterborough (PE) | 1,542 | 79.4% |
| 6 | Derby (DE) | 1,488 | 80.7% |
| 7 | Bristol (BS) | 1,280 | 74.6% |
| 8 | Northampton (NN) | 1,260 | 78.1% |
| 9 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 1,251 | 78.7% |
| 10 | Manchester (M) | 1,247 | 81.4% |
| 11 | Cardiff (CF) | 1,213 | 77.0% |
| 12 | Doncaster (DN) | 1,158 | 79.2% |
| 13 | Coventry (CV) | 1,155 | 80.6% |
| 14 | Norwich (NR) | 1,065 | 78.2% |
| 15 | Glasgow (G) | 1,051 | 78.2% |
| 16 | Gloucester (GL) | 1,018 | 74.7% |
| 17 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 1,003 | 76.3% |
| 18 | Leeds (LS) | 990 | 76.7% |
| 19 | Reading (RG) | 950 | 80.7% |
| 20 | Wakefield (WF) | 930 | 79.5% |
The twenty areas with the most Volkswagen Scirocco 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 Scirocco
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 383 | 88.3% |
| Scotland | 250 | 87.6% |
| West Midlands | 228 | 84.2% |
| East of England | 218 | 89.9% |
| North West | 215 | 89.8% |
| South West | 198 | 85.4% |
| Yorkshire | 189 | 86.8% |
| East Midlands | 176 | 87.5% |
| Wales | 117 | 86.3% |
| North East | 107 | 87.9% |
| London | 74 | 89.2% |
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 2018 Scirocco
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 2018 Scirocco
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 2.5% 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 tyre tread 1.3% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the wipers and washers 0.8% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the 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 2018 Scirocco through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£104 — and 13% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£104
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 13%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,155 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 Scirocco, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2008 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.3% to 87.5% — a spread of 13.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 74.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 74.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 74.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 75.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 77.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 79.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 80.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 82.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 85.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 85.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 87.5%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 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Astra 87.5%
- Ford C-Max 87.5%
- Kia Sorento 87.5%
- Renault Captur 87.4%
- Audi A5 87.4%
- Jaguar Xe 87.6%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco 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 1,942 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 740 | 37.80% | 19.76% | +18.04 |
| Brakes | 523 | 26.70% | 20.89% | +5.81 |
| Suspension | 189 | 9.60% | 20.98% | −11.38 |
| Visibility | 128 | 6.50% | 4.97% | +1.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 105 | 5.40% | 4.18% | +1.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 93 | 4.70% | 12.21% | −7.51 |
| Road Wheels | 65 | 3.30% | 0.75% | +2.55 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 59 | 3.00% | 5.52% | −2.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 22 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 18 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.5% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.79% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.74% | £30–80 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.70% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.70% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.60% | £25–65 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.56% | £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 | 12.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 2.7% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 463 | 90.1% | 22,831 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,281 | 88.7% | 43,589 mi |
| 60-90k | 374 | 81.3% | 70,411 mi |
| 90-120k | 29 | 75.9% | 101,363 mi |
| 120k+ | 7 | 85.7% | 140,478 mi |
Source: 2,155 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.
2018 Scirocco MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco?
87.5% of the 2,155 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 85.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.55%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.62%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.1% of the time, falling to 85.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco in this dataset had covered 42,381 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco?
Petrol: 88.2% pass rate across 1,822 tests. Diesel: 83.8% pass rate across 333 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Volkswagen Scirocco MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.