Does the Volkswagen e-Golf fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The Volkswagen e-Golf records 0.20 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.29 expected for a ev of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.09, 95% interval −0.17 to −0.01). It ranks 446 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on vehicle identification · check a Volkswagen e-Golf by registration

No single vehicle identification defect wording reaches 30 items on the Volkswagen e-Golf; the failures are spread across several.