Volkswagen Tiguan 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

25.9% of 55,903 MOT tests of the Volkswagen Tiguan first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 103.8 (95% CI 102.1–105.5; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Volkswagen Tiguan built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	25.9	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	55903
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 102.1–105.5)	103.8	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	55903
Rank among this model's 13 build years	9	of 13	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	55903
Tested in 2024	8998	tests	median 100,895 miles	2024	8998

Built 2012 against Volkswagen Tiguan normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 20.3% vs 17.5%; age 8: 23.2% vs 19.7%; age 9: 25.3% vs 23.9%; age 10: 26.8% vs 26.8%; age 11: 29.7% vs 30.1%; age 12: 30.7% vs 32.3%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan by registration · All Volkswagen Tiguan 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 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 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 Tiguan built 2012: 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)
7	9,686	20.3	19.5–21.1	17.5	115.8
8	9,239	23.2	22.3–24	19.7	117.7
9	9,412	25.3	24.4–26.2	23.9	105.9
10	9,346	26.8	25.9–27.7	26.8	100
11	9,222	29.7	28.8–30.6	30.1	98.5
12	8,998	30.7	29.7–31.6	32.3	94.9

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 55,903 (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 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is suspension: 19.9 items per 100 first tests, against 10.6 across all build years of the Volkswagen Tiguan. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Volkswagen Tiguan built 2012 against the Volkswagen Tiguan in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	19.9	10.6	11,150
Tyres	9.9	7.5	5,508
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	7.8	4.1	4,381
Brakes	5.9	4	3,313
Visibility	5.5	5	3,062

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 55,903 (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 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 13 published build years of the Volkswagen Tiguan, 2012 ranks 9 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 106.3. 2013: index 100.5.

Volkswagen Tiguan build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2008	102.2	100.2–104.1	worse	29,656
2009	105.2	103.5–107.0	worse	40,605
2010	108.1	106.3–109.9	worse	42,312
2011	106.3	104.4–108.1	worse	42,593
2012	103.8	102.1–105.5	worse	55,903
2013	100.5	98.9–102.0	no different	74,976
2014	103.2	101.7–104.7	worse	93,460
2015	97.0	95.6–98.4	better	121,074
2016	90.1	88.7–91.6	better	113,339
2017	96.5	95.0–97.9	better	141,181
2018	112.1	110.4–113.8	worse	120,635
2019	97.5	95.8–99.2	better	109,929
2020	98.5	96.0–101.1	no different	50,224

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,035,887 (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 Tiguan 2012 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-tiguan/2012/

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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