Does the Volkswagen ID.3 fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The Volkswagen ID.3 records 0.20 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.27 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) (−0.07, 95% interval −0.14 to −0.00). It ranks 423 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 ID.3 by registration

No single vehicle identification defect wording reaches 30 items on the Volkswagen ID.3; the failures are spread across several.