Does the Volkswagen Amarok fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Volkswagen Amarok records 0.49 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 1.03 expected for a lcv of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.54, 95% interval −0.60 to −0.48). It ranks 459 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Volkswagen Amarok by registration

What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Volkswagen Amarok is “An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction”, recorded 177 times in 2019–2024.

Volkswagen Amarok: most frequent seat belts and airbags defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction	177	0.17
Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended	109	0.10
Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type	96	0.09
Seat belt retractor not functioning as intended	54	0.05

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 106,093 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Volkswagen Amarok fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

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