Does the Volkswagen Phaeton fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Volkswagen Phaeton records 0.72 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.58 expected for a car 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) (+0.14, 95% interval −0.06 to +0.34). It ranks 108 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Volkswagen Phaeton by registration

No single road wheels defect wording reaches 30 items on the Volkswagen Phaeton; the failures are spread across several.