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Volkswagen TOURAN - 2011

270.5 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 TOURAN, model year 2011. Sample size: 6,219 cars, 13,570 tests and 36,705 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 6,219 cars

The 2011 Volkswagen Touran shows a slightly lower overall defect rate compared to the average vehicle of the same year, with 270 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 271. The model performs notably well in categories such as brakes, steering, and lights and electrics, with significantly fewer defects than average. However, it struggles in the wheels, suspensions, and axles category, exhibiting a higher defect rate than the average vehicle. Additionally, the defect rates increase with mileage, particularly in the higher mileage brackets, indicating typical wear and tear patterns.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 6,219 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 24.2% better
83.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 109.9 / 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
▲ 84.8% better
2.4 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
▲ 7.1% better
19.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 21.2 / 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
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 49.3% better
34.9 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
  • A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
  • 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
▼ 31.9% worse
351.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 266.4 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 46.6% better
16.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.3 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▼ 50.0% worse
11.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.4 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • A seat belt:
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 22.3% better
21.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 27.8 / 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
  • Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit

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: 5,939
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,747
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,668
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,121
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,630
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,394
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,338
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,147
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 959
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 933

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 933
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 803
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 626
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 435
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 397
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 225
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 221
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 194
A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 188
Warning device shows system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 160