Pass rate
87.5%
Above average — 1.5 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 11,899 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£110
2017 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 81,621 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
30.6% 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 →
4.1 pts up across model years — 6.7% in 2003, 10.8% 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
- 85.9%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2017 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate is 87.5% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.6% 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
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 30.6% of everything recorded on the 2017 Volkswagen Sharan, against 19.8% nationally — 10.8 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 17% 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 2017 Volkswagen Sharan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.9%. The median 2017 Volkswagen Sharan in this dataset had covered 81,621 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 93% of tests, with a 87.4% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.5% of the time, April–September 87.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 3.27% of tests.
- 11,899 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.5% overall pass rate, 85.9% 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
- 11,899
- Typical mileage (median)
- 81,621 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
Suspension Component
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 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (93% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Sharan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 3,726 | 89.6% |
| London | 2,344 | 92.0% |
| East of England | 972 | 86.6% |
| South West | 877 | 81.9% |
| West Midlands | 845 | 85.6% |
| Scotland | 803 | 79.6% |
| North West | 725 | 85.1% |
| Yorkshire | 564 | 84.9% |
| East Midlands | 401 | 88.3% |
| Wales | 340 | 83.5% |
| North East | 302 | 87.7% |
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 2017 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 2017 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 suspension joints 3.3% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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 2.2% 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 tyre tread 1.1% 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.
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 2017 Sharan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£110 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£110
- 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
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 11,899 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 2017 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar Xe 87.5%
- Land Rover Range Rover 87.6%
- Citroen C1 87.4%
- Smart Mcc Fortwo 87.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Slc 87.6%
- Subaru Xv 87.4%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 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 12,529 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 | 3,882 | 30.60% | 19.76% | +10.84 |
| Suspension | 3,023 | 23.80% | 20.98% | +2.82 |
| Brakes | 2,514 | 19.80% | 20.89% | −1.09 |
| Non-component advisories | 833 | 6.60% | 4.18% | +2.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 690 | 5.40% | 12.21% | −6.81 |
| Visibility | 561 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 415 | 3.30% | 5.52% | −2.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 314 | 2.50% | 1.76% | +0.74 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 160 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 137 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £40–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.97% | £3–12 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.83% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.68% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.54% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Rectified | 0.52% | £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 | 18.6% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.5% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.7% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.5% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 547 | 90.1% | 22,314 mi |
| 30-60k | 3,022 | 87.7% | 47,059 mi |
| 60-90k | 3,018 | 86.1% | 73,374 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,696 | 86.4% | 103,652 mi |
| 120k+ | 3,573 | 88.8% | 178,663 mi |
Source: 11,899 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.
2017 Sharan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Volkswagen Sharan?
87.5% of the 11,899 2017 Volkswagen Sharan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 85.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Volkswagen Sharan?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (3.27%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.23%), has ply or cords exposed (1.45%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.1% of the time, falling to 88.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Volkswagen Sharan in this dataset had covered 81,621 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2017 Volkswagen Sharan?
Diesel: 87.4% pass rate across 11,013 tests. Petrol: 88.8% pass rate across 886 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2017 Volkswagen Sharan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.