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Volkswagen JETTA - 2017

128.9 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 JETTA, model year 2017. Sample size: 354 cars, 768 tests and 990 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 354 cars

The 2017 Volkswagen Jetta has an overall defect rate of 129 defects per 100 vehicles, which is slightly better than the average of 134 defects per 100 vehicles for the same year, marking a 3.7% improvement. Notably, the Jetta excels in categories like steering, visibility, and body structure, with defect rates significantly lower than the average. However, it shows a higher rate of defects in the 'Other' category, standing at 11.2%, compared to the average of 8.6%. Mileage-related trends reveal that defect rates tend to increase with higher mileage for both the Jetta and the average car, especially in the 93,000 to 124,000 miles range. Overall, the Jetta demonstrates strong performance in several key areas while facing challenges in specific defect categories.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 354 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 19.9% better
58.1 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
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 53.6% better
2.6 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
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 28.3% better
10.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • An obstruction: materially affecting the driver’s view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen or an obligatory external mirror not visible
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 42.6% better
11.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
  • 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 reversing lamp inoperative
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 11.7% worse
159.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 55.7% better
3.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
  • A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
  • 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 transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
Equipment
▲ 70.4% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 24.4% worse
11.2 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
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • 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: 172
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 101
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 79
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 78
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 64
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 55
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 42
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 36
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 31
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 29

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 55
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 42
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 17
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 11
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 11
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 9
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 8
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 7
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 6
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 6