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Volkswagen SCIROCCO - 2011

273.4 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2011 is 274.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Volkswagen SCIROCCO, model year 2011. Sample size: 6,684 cars, 16,442 tests and 44,959 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 6,684 cars

The 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco has an overall defect rate that is slightly higher than the yearly average, with 273 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 271. Notably, the Scirocco performs exceptionally well in the categories of steering and body/structure, where it has significantly lower defect rates than the average car. However, it has a higher incidence of issues related to wheels, suspensions, and axles, with a defect rate of 326 compared to the average of 261. As mileage increases, defect rates also rise for this model, particularly in the higher mileage categories.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 6,684 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 9.8% better
99.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 109.9 / 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
  • Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 89.2% better
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.8 / 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.
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▲ 9.0% better
19.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 21.2 / 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
▲ 12.3% better
60.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.9 / 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
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
  • Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 22.3% worse
325.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 266.4 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 57.8% better
13.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.3 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • 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
Equipment
▲ 31.1% better
5.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.4 / 100 tests
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • Audible warning:
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 19.8% better
22.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 27.8 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Emissions levels exceed default limits
  • 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
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 421 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: 5,674
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,945
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,882
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,975
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,065
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,025
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,344
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,193
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,062
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: 973

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 938
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 799
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 609
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 608
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 551
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 443
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 381
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 327
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 273
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 252