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Volkswagen CRAFTER - 2014

277.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Volkswagen CRAFTER, model year 2014. Sample size: 5,426 cars, 12,028 tests and 33,411 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 5,426 cars

The 2014 Volkswagen Crafter has a significantly higher overall defect rate of 278 defects per 100 vehicles, compared to the yearly average of 194 defects per 100 vehicles, marking a 43% increase. Notably, while it performs better in body and structure defects, it struggles in several critical areas such as brakes, steering, visibility, and lights and electrics, showing much higher defect rates than the average. Mileage trends indicate that as the Crafter ages, defect rates rise consistently across all mileage segments. Overall, while it exhibits some strengths, particularly in body integrity, its performance in safety-related categories raises concerns.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 5,426 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▼ 115.7% worse
200.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Steering
▼ 145.4% worse
29.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
Visibility
▼ 122.1% worse
38.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 72.4% worse
68.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
  • A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
  • Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 16.7% better
165.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A shock absorber bush excessively worn
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 28.2% better
11.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • A transmission shaft bearing: excessively worn
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▼ 80.0% worse
8.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt:
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▼ 121.7% worse
34.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • 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
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 401 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)

Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,378
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,275
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,513
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,027
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,474
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,175
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 868
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 817
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 751
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 678

Serious faults (Top 10)

Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 868
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 751
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 678
Parking brake efficiency: less than 50% of the required value
FAIL
Occurrences: 383
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 324
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 321
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 293
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 243
Parking brake inoperative on one side, or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line
FAIL
Occurrences: 223
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 221