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Does the Volkswagen T-Roc fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The Volkswagen T-Roc records 0.16 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.25 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) (−0.09, 95% interval −0.11 to −0.07). It ranks 447 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 T-Roc by registration

What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Volkswagen T-Roc is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 225 times in 2019–2024.

Volkswagen T-Roc: most frequent vehicle identification defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements2250.12
Number plate showing an incorrect registration 350.02

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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