Does the Volkswagen T-Roc fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?
The Volkswagen T-Roc records 0.50 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.27 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) (+0.23, 95% interval +0.20 to +0.26). It ranks 190 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Volkswagen T-Roc by registration
What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Volkswagen T-Roc is “Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type”, recorded 386 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type | 386 | 0.21 |
| Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended | 261 | 0.14 |
| An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction | 211 | 0.11 |
| Seat belt retractor not functioning as intended | 33 | 0.02 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 186,892 (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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