Pass rate
82.3%
Around average — 3.7 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 385 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£93
2013 Volkswagen T-Porter MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 112,583 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
21.2% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 82.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2014 77.7% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 4.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.9%
- Typical mileage
- 113k mi
The 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter MOT pass rate is 82.3% of its MOT tests — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen T-Porter does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Beats its own age and mileage
Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 78.6% and this one manages 82.3% — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 385 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 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.9%. The median 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter in this dataset had covered 112,583 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.4% of the time, April–September 82.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 10.13% of tests.
- 385 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.3% overall pass rate, 78.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen T-Porter, the average is 80.3% — best year 2013 (82.3%), worst 2014 (77.7%).
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
- 385
- Typical mileage (median)
- 112,583 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen T-Porter
- 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 T-Porter MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the T-Porter
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 71 | 83.1% |
| South East | 68 | 82.4% |
| West Midlands | 48 | 79.2% |
| East Midlands | 42 | 81.0% |
| East of England | 34 | 79.4% |
| North West | 32 | 84.4% |
| Yorkshire | 30 | 93.3% |
| Scotland | 24 | 83.3% |
| North East | 17 | 64.7% |
| Wales | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2013 T-Porter
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 2013 T-Porter
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 10.1% 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 windscreen 3.9% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 1.8% 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.
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 2013 T-Porter through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£93 — and 48% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£93
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 48%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 385 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 T-Porter, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2013 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.7% to 82.3% — a spread of 4.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 82.3%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 77.7% 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 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- MINI COOPER Sd 82.3%
- Toyota Verso 82.2%
- Skoda Roomster 82.2%
- BMW 120 82.2%
- Toyota YARIS 82.4%
- SEAT Mii 82.4%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter 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 639 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 | 138 | 21.20% | 20.98% | +0.22 |
| Brakes | 129 | 19.80% | 20.89% | −1.09 |
| Tyres | 104 | 16.00% | 19.76% | −3.76 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 98 | 15.10% | 12.21% | +2.89 |
| Visibility | 41 | 6.30% | 4.97% | +1.33 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 39 | 6.00% | 5.57% | +0.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 32 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 24 | 3.70% | 5.52% | −1.82 |
| Steering | 17 | 2.60% | 2.57% | +0.03 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 17 | 2.60% | 0.82% | +1.78 |
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 | 10.1% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.9% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.3% | £80–250 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.1% | £5–25 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £40–150 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.8% | £5–15 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £25–65 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.6% | £80–250 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.0% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.5% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.1% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.9% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 28,767 mi |
| 30-60k | 26 | 84.6% | 47,381 mi |
| 60-90k | 59 | 93.2% | 76,373 mi |
| 90-120k | 118 | 79.7% | 102,962 mi |
| 120k+ | 168 | 79.2% | 178,522 mi |
Source: 385 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.
2013 T-Porter MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter?
82.3% of the 385 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 78.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.13%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.90%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.60%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 79.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter in this dataset had covered 112,583 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 Volkswagen T-Porter MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.