Volkswagen Sharan 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

15.0% of 13,473 MOT tests of the Volkswagen Sharan first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 91.2 (95% CI 87.3–95.2; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Volkswagen Sharan fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Volkswagen Sharan built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	15.0	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	13473
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 87.3–95.2)	91.2	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	13473
Rank among this model's 21 build years	2	of 21	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	13473
Tested in 2024	3353	tests	median 63,779 miles	2024	3353

Built 2018 against Volkswagen Sharan normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 15.3% vs 16.3%; age 4: 13.8% vs 14.4%; age 5: 14.7% vs 15.8%; age 6: 16.3% vs 19.4%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Volkswagen Sharan by registration · All Volkswagen Sharan MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2018 Volkswagen Sharan fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Volkswagen Sharan built 2018: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	3,351	15.3	14.1–16.6	16.3	94.1
4	3,400	13.8	12.7–15	14.4	95.9
5	3,369	14.7	13.5–15.9	15.8	92.6
6	3,353	16.3	15.1–17.6	19.4	84.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 13,473 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2018 Volkswagen Sharan?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is tyres: 7.5 items per 100 first tests, against 10.3 across all build years of the Volkswagen Sharan. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Volkswagen Sharan built 2018 against the Volkswagen Sharan in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	7.5	10.3	1,135
Visibility	5.3	7.5	803
Suspension	2.9	22.9	445
Brakes	2.7	10.9	407
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	2.5	15.1	382

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 15,162 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 21 published build years of the Volkswagen Sharan, 2018 ranks 2 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 94.0. 2019: index 92.4.

Volkswagen Sharan build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2000	105.1	92.6–117.5	no different (rough estimate)	483
2001	98.5	90.9–106.2	no different (rough estimate)	1,169
2002	99.2	94.1–104.4	no different (rough estimate)	2,606
2003	101.4	97.2–105.5	no different (rough estimate)	4,160
2004	99.7	96.3–103.1	no different	6,181
2005	97.8	94.9–100.7	no different	8,631
2006	102.6	99.4–105.8	no different	7,733
2007	106.7	103.4–110.0	worse	7,835
2008	110.6	106.5–114.8	worse	5,469
2009	118.2	113.0–123.3	worse	4,138
2010	108.7	104.0–113.4	worse	5,076
2011	91.0	88.1–93.8	better	12,504
2012	97.3	94.1–100.5	no different	11,837
2013	103.0	99.7–106.2	no different	13,769
2014	104.1	101.0–107.1	worse	18,132
2015	101.4	98.4–104.4	no different	19,971
2016	95.0	91.9–98.0	better	20,401
2017	94.0	90.6–97.3	better	18,344
2018	91.2	87.3–95.2	better	13,473
2019	92.4	89.0–95.8	better	19,769
2020	103.1	94.2–112.1	no different (rough estimate)	3,265

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 204,946 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Volkswagen Sharan 2018 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/volkswagen-sharan/2018/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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