Pass rate
68.9%
Below average — 4.9 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 161 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £76–£205
2000 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 122,668 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
11.1 pts down across model years — 13.9% in 2003, 2.8% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 91.7% pass
- Avoid 2006 67.0% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 24.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 59.3%
- Typical mileage
- 123k mi
The 2000 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate is 68.9% of its MOT tests — 4.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Sharan does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.5× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.9% of everything recorded on the 2000 Volkswagen Sharan, against 5.6% nationally — 8.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.7%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.8%; this one manages 68.9% — 4.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 10% 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 2000 Volkswagen Sharan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 4.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 59.3%. The median 2000 Volkswagen Sharan in this dataset had covered 122,668 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 75% of tests, with a 66.7% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.8% of the time, April–September 66.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 8.70% of tests.
- 161 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.9% overall pass rate, 59.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Sharan, the average is 83.1% — best year 2019 (91.7%), worst 2006 (67.0%).
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
- 161
- Typical mileage (median)
- 122,668 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Sharan
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Sharan 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 (75% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Sharan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 46 | 65.2% |
| East of England | 24 | 75.0% |
| South West | 20 | 65.0% |
| North West | 17 | 64.7% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 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 2000 Sharan
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 Sharan
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 8.7% 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 corrosion 6.8% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the steering 5.6% of tests
“steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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.
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 Sharan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £76–£205 — and 10% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £76–£205
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 10%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 161 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 Sharan, side by side
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.0% to 91.7% — a spread of 24.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 68.9%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 69.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 68.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 67.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 68.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 68.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 67.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 67.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 68.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2009 69.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 73.1% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2011 78.9% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2012 79.0% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2013 79.3% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2014 81.8% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2015 83.2% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2016 85.8% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 87.5% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2018 89.3% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2019 91.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 88.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 88.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 85.4% tread depth below requirements of…
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 Sharan 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%
- Honda Cr-V 68.7%
- Ford Focus 69.3%
- 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 Sharan 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 608 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 | 147 | 23.70% | 20.98% | +2.72 |
| Brakes | 129 | 20.80% | 20.89% | −0.09 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 86 | 13.90% | 5.57% | +8.33 |
| Tyres | 51 | 8.20% | 19.76% | −11.56 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 49 | 7.90% | 12.21% | −4.31 |
| Steering | 40 | 6.50% | 2.57% | +3.93 |
| Visibility | 38 | 6.10% | 4.97% | +1.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 24 | 3.90% | 5.52% | −1.62 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 23 | 3.70% | 1.76% | +1.94 |
| Non-component advisories | 21 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
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 | 8.7% | £80–200 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.8% | £180–450 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 5.6% | £120–300 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.0% | £80–250 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 5.0% | £8–22 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.3% | £80–250 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.3% | £40–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.7% | £45–110 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.7% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
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 | 23.0% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.3% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 16.8% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.5% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 11.8% | £20–80 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.6% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 18 | 83.3% | 54,190 mi |
| 60-90k | 25 | 64.0% | 75,487 mi |
| 90-120k | 35 | 62.9% | 106,111 mi |
| 120k+ | 83 | 69.9% | 167,833 mi |
Source: 161 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 Sharan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Volkswagen Sharan?
68.9% of the 161 2000 Volkswagen Sharan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 59.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Volkswagen Sharan?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (8.70%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.83%), steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.59%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 69.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Volkswagen Sharan in this dataset had covered 122,668 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2000 Volkswagen Sharan?
Diesel: 66.7% pass rate across 120 tests. Petrol: 75.6% pass rate across 41 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2000 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 66.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.