Pass rate
79.6%
Around average — 1.0 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 19,782 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£103
2013 Volkswagen Touran MOT pass rate
- 2013
- 2 trims combined
- typical 96,593 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
29.7% 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 →
13.3 pts down across model years — 15.5% in 2003, 2.2% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 91.4% pass
- Avoid 2006 70.4% pass
Across the 20 years on record, a spread of 21 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.7%
- Typical mileage
- 97k mi
The 2013 Volkswagen Touran MOT pass rate is 79.6% of its MOT tests — 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Touran does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.4× the national share
Suspension accounts for 29.7% of everything recorded on the 2013 Volkswagen Touran, against 21.0% nationally — 8.7 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 9% 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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Every Volkswagen Touran first registered in 2013 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2013 Volkswagen Touran compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.7%. The median 2013 Volkswagen Touran in this dataset had covered 96,593 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 91% of tests, with a 78.9% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.5% of the time, April–September 79.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 4.08% of tests.
- 19,782 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.6% overall pass rate, 74.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Touran, the average is 78.2% — best year 2021 (91.4%), worst 2006 (70.4%).
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
- 19,782
- Typical mileage (median)
- 96,593 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Touran
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Touran MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (91% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Touran
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 4,217 | 81.1% |
| South West | 2,854 | 75.3% |
| North West | 2,182 | 81.3% |
| West Midlands | 2,081 | 82.8% |
| East of England | 1,979 | 82.0% |
| Yorkshire | 1,861 | 79.7% |
| East Midlands | 1,306 | 80.4% |
| Scotland | 1,128 | 74.6% |
| Wales | 1,104 | 75.0% |
| North East | 608 | 77.0% |
| London | 462 | 85.3% |
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 Touran
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 Touran
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 coil springs 4.1% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the windscreen 3.1% 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 2.6% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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 Touran through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£103 — and 9% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £39–£103
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 9%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 19,782 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 Touran, side by side
20 model years on record, from 2003 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.4% to 91.4% — a spread of 21 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 71.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 70.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 70.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 70.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 72.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 72.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 72.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 73.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2011 77.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 78.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 79.6%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 81.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 82.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 87.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 87.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 87.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 90.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 91.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 91.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 90.2% has a cut in excess of the…
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 Touran 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
- Suzuki Splash 79.5%
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 79.7%
- Nissan Micra 79.2%
- Vauxhall Agila 80.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 80.0%
- Subaru Xv 80.0%
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 Touran 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 33,034 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 | 9,984 | 29.70% | 20.98% | +8.72 |
| Tyres | 8,001 | 23.80% | 19.76% | +4.04 |
| Brakes | 6,595 | 19.60% | 20.89% | −1.29 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2,333 | 6.90% | 12.21% | −5.31 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,627 | 4.80% | 4.18% | +0.62 |
| Visibility | 1,506 | 4.50% | 4.97% | −0.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 887 | 2.60% | 1.76% | +0.84 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 865 | 2.60% | 5.52% | −2.92 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 783 | 2.30% | 5.57% | −3.27 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 453 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 4.1% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.1% | £80–200 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £5–20 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.7% | £80–250 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £40–150 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
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 | 22.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 15.4% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.7% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 173 | 89.0% | 22,684 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,537 | 84.5% | 49,156 mi |
| 60-90k | 5,765 | 81.5% | 75,723 mi |
| 90-120k | 5,762 | 78.2% | 104,099 mi |
| 120k+ | 5,521 | 76.7% | 157,865 mi |
Source: 19,782 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 Touran MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Volkswagen Touran?
79.6% of the 19,782 2013 Volkswagen Touran tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 74.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Volkswagen Touran?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (4.08%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.08%), linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.65%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Volkswagen Touran MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.0% of the time, falling to 76.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Volkswagen Touran in this dataset had covered 96,593 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Volkswagen Touran?
Diesel: 78.9% pass rate across 18,003 tests. Petrol: 86.9% pass rate across 1,779 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Volkswagen Touran MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.