Does the Volkswagen CC fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?
The Volkswagen CC records 1.12 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.50 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.62, 95% interval +0.55 to +0.69). It ranks 136 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Volkswagen CC is “An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction”, recorded 880 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction | 880 | 0.98 |
| Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type | 44 | 0.05 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 89,636 (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
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