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Volkswagen TRANSPORTER - 2013

204.6 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2013 is 221.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Volkswagen TRANSPORTER, model year 2013. Sample size: 16,746 cars, 38,372 tests and 78,515 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 16,746 cars

The 2013 Volkswagen Transporter has an overall defect rate of 205 per 100 vehicles, which is slightly better than the yearly average of 219 per 100, indicating a 6.8% improvement. It shows significant strengths in areas like steering and body structure, with defects in these categories considerably lower than average. However, visibility and equipment defects are notably higher, with visibility issues rising 46% above the average. Additionally, as mileage increases, the defect rate for this model also increases, particularly in the higher mileage brackets.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 16,746 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 6.0% better
92.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 98.4 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 57.4% better
5.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 12.9 / 100 tests
  • Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
  • 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
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
Visibility
▼ 46.1% worse
26.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 3.8% worse
52.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.1 / 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
  • Stop lamp(s): with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 8.9% better
200.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 219.6 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 44.5% better
11.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▼ 121.2% worse
11.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.2 / 100 tests
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • A seat belt:
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 48.0% better
10.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.6 / 100 tests
  • 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
  • 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
0 379 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: 10,550
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,810
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,822
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,730
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,647
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: 3,568
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,207
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,603
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 2,116
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,787

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,787
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,206
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 889
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 871
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 730
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 692
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 664
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 495
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 469
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 434