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Volkswagen ARTEON - 2017

94.2 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Volkswagen ARTEON, model year 2017. Sample size: 613 cars, 1,291 tests and 1,216 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 613 cars

The 2017 Volkswagen Arteon shows an overall defect rate of 94 per 100 vehicles, significantly lower than the yearly average of 134 per 100, marking a 30% improvement. This model performs particularly well in categories such as brakes, steering, and visibility, where it has notably lower defect rates compared to average vehicles. However, it does experience a higher rate of issues in the "Other" category, standing at 10%, which is above the average of 9%. Mileage-related trends indicate increasing defect rates as vehicle age and mileage rise, but the Arteon remains significantly more reliable than its peers overall.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 613 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 25.4% better
54.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 89.3% better
0.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • 2.5
Visibility
▲ 74.5% better
3.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Windscreen or window excessively tinted: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▲ 83.8% better
3.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
  • Rate of flashing not between 60 and 120 times per minute
  • A direction indicator: lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 19.4% better
115.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
  • A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
Body/Structure
▲ 84.3% better
1.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
Equipment
▲ 100.0% better
0.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
Other
▼ 15.6% worse
10.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 318 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 284
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 144
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 132
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 127
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 102
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 57
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 49
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 35
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 31
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 27

Serious faults (Top 10)

A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 49
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 25
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 20
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 16
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 11
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 7
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 6
An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 3
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 3
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 3