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Volkswagen CRAFTER - 2018

148.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2018 is 123.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Volkswagen CRAFTER, model year 2018. Sample size: 6,031 cars, 13,331 tests and 19,841 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 6,031 cars

The 2018 Volkswagen Crafter has an overall defect rate of 149 per 100 vehicles, which is 24% higher than the average for cars of the same year. This model shows increasing defects with mileage, notably reaching 286 defects per 100 vehicles for those over 124,000 miles. While it performs better than average in steering and suspension issues, it has significantly higher defect rates in visibility, lights and electrics, body structure, and other categories. These findings suggest an area of concern for visibility and structural integrity compared to its peers.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 6,031 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 11.0% better
61.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 48.0% better
2.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.0 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
  • 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
Visibility
▼ 148.9% worse
34.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.9 / 100 tests
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 172.2% worse
47.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.6 / 100 tests
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
  • Lamp: multiple light source up to a half not functioning
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 33.2% better
84.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 126.7 / 100 tests
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
Body/Structure
▼ 354.9% worse
23.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
  • A transmission: joint, belt or chain excessively worn
Equipment
▼ 113.6% worse
4.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.2 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • A seat belt:
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 455.7% worse
38.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 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
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 307 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: 2,400
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,604
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,322
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,144
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,124
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 700
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 687
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 647
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 516
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 476

Serious faults (Top 10)

A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 647
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 446
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 224
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 201
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 192
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 189
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 188
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 161
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 161
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 150