Does the Volkswagen Multivan fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Volkswagen Multivan records 20.09 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 13.31 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+6.78, 95% interval +5.21 to +8.35). It ranks 99 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Volkswagen Multivan by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Volkswagen Multivan is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 79 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 79 | 2.52 |
| Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 67 | 2.13 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 58 | 1.85 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 47 | 1.50 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 37 | 1.18 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,141 (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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