Pass rate
88.9%
Above average — 2.3 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 72 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £45–£104
2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 32,832 mi
Only 72 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.
Most common fault
Tyres
72.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 88.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 88.9% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.9%
- Typical mileage
- 33k mi
The 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R MOT pass rate is 88.9% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 72.3% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.7× the national share
Tyres make up 72.3% of everything recorded on the 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R, against 19.8% nationally — 52.5 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.
- Based on a small sample. 72 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 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.9%. The median 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R in this dataset had covered 32,832 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.1% of the time, April–September 84.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 6.94% of tests.
- 72 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.9% overall pass rate, 87.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Touareg V6 R, the average is 88.9% — best year 2021 (88.9%), worst 2021 (88.9%).
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
- 72
- Typical mileage (median)
- 32,832 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Touareg V6 R
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Touareg V6 R MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2021 Touareg V6 R
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 2021 Touareg V6 R
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 4.2% 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 brakes 1.4% of tests
“brake pads worn down to wear indicator”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check leaks 1.4% of tests
“hydraulic brake callipers leaking”
Park on clean cardboard overnight. A few drips are an advisory; a steady patch under the engine, gearbox or a shock absorber is a fail. Have the source identified before the test rather than after.
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 2021 Touareg V6 R through its MOT
Across the 9 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £45–£104 — and 13% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 9 common items
- £45–£104
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 89%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 13%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 72 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 →
Compare the 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Hyundai I10 N 88.9%
- Skoda Enyaq Iv 89.0%
- Volvo XC90 R-Design B5 89.0%
- Kia Ceed 88.8%
- Toyota Hilux Invincible D-4D 88.8%
- Skoda Superb 89.1%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R 9 failure items · 6 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 47 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 | 34 | 72.30% | 19.76% | +52.54 |
| Visibility | 5 | 10.60% | 4.97% | +5.63 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 10.60% | 4.18% | +6.42 |
| Brakes | 2 | 4.30% | 20.89% | −16.59 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 2.10% | 5.52% | −3.42 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 6.9% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.2% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Hydraulic brake callipers leaking Brakes | Rectified | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Wipers missing Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.2% | £20–80 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 28 | 89.3% | 20,224 mi |
| 30-60k | 37 | 89.2% | 41,365 mi |
| 60-90k | 5 | 100.0% | 68,144 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 50.0% | 93,254 mi |
Source: 72 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.
2021 Touareg V6 R MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R?
88.9% of the 72 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 87.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (6.94%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.17%), brake pads worn down to wear indicator (1.39%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.3% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R in this dataset had covered 32,832 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.