Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps) on the Volkswagen Transporter
Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps) on the Volkswagen Transporter is recorded on 79,361 tests — 7.7% of all its MOT tests, against 3.2% across every car in the data. That is 2.4× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 3.2% of tests record it — this model is 2.4× that share |
| The 325 models compared | 31 of 325, highest first |
| The model's own record | 1,025,245 tests · every year of the Transporter → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volkswagen Transporter tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2000, 7.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.6%. The share has fallen 7.2 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 15.3%; best 2022 at 0.6%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,413 | 18,083 | 7.8% |
| 2001 | 2,030 | 25,201 | 8.1% |
| 2002 | 2,144 | 25,259 | 8.5% |
| 2003 | 2,496 | 27,723 | 9.0% |
| 2004 | 5,229 | 36,283 | 14.4% |
| 2005 | 6,062 | 39,757 | 15.3% |
| 2006 | 6,391 | 45,111 | 14.2% |
| 2007 | 6,855 | 52,357 | 13.1% |
| 2008 | 6,028 | 49,623 | 12.2% |
| 2009 | 4,324 | 35,088 | 12.3% |
| 2010 | 4,795 | 41,238 | 11.6% |
| 2011 | 4,634 | 45,436 | 10.2% |
| 2012 | 4,604 | 46,005 | 10.0% |
| 2013 | 4,793 | 52,082 | 9.2% |
| 2014 | 5,369 | 57,130 | 9.4% |
| 2015 | 4,829 | 63,322 | 7.6% |
| 2016 | 1,900 | 68,579 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 1,795 | 68,267 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 1,202 | 66,198 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,212 | 61,326 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 566 | 47,487 | 1.2% |
| 2021 | 604 | 39,827 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 85 | 13,439 | 0.6% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £5–£20 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps): every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Volkswagen Transporter MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Volkswagen model →