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Volkswagen POLO - 2015

173.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2015 is 174.5 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Volkswagen POLO, model year 2015. Sample size: 54,569 cars, 123,511 tests and 214,239 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 54,569 cars

The 2015 Volkswagen Polo has a slightly higher overall defect rate of 173 per 100 vehicles compared to the yearly average of 170 per 100. Notably, the Polo exhibits significantly fewer issues with steering, showing a defect rate of just 1 per 100, which is much better than the average of 9 per 100. In the categories of lights and electrics, as well as equipment, the Polo also performs better than average, with defect rates of 19 per 100 and 3 per 100, respectively. However, as mileage increases, defect rates for this model rise more steeply, particularly in the higher mileage brackets.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 54,569 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▼ 17.2% worse
99.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 89.9% better
1.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • 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
▲ 1.2% better
15.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • 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
▲ 40.3% better
18.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 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
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 5.3% worse
187.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
Body/Structure
▲ 8.5% better
10.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • 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
Equipment
▲ 25.0% better
3.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • A seat belt:
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • Audible warning:
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 18.9% better
10.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Emissions levels exceed default limits

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 351 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: 32,532
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 22,163
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 21,238
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 21,119
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 10,608
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,605
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,267
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,045
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,921
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,609

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,267
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,942
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,780
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,038
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,917
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,791
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,655
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,572
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,545
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,312