Does the Volkswagen e-up fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Volkswagen e-up records 1.67 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 1.94 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) (−0.27, 95% interval −0.92 to +0.37). It ranks 301 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a Volkswagen e-up by registration

No single lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wording reaches 30 items on the Volkswagen e-up; the failures are spread across several.