Volkswagen Tiguan 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

13.7% of 120,635 MOT tests of the Volkswagen Tiguan 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 112.1 (95% CI 110.4–113.8; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Volkswagen Tiguan built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	13.7	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	120635
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 110.4–113.8)	112.1	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	120635
Rank among this model's 13 build years	13	of 13	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	120635
Tested in 2024	29582	tests	median 50,297 miles	2024	29582

Built 2018 against Volkswagen Tiguan normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 17.6% vs 12.6%; age 4: 11.5% vs 10.9%; age 5: 11.9% vs 11.8%; age 6: 13.6% vs 13.5%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 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 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan 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 Tiguan 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	30,993	17.6	17.2–18.1	12.6	140.3
4	30,261	11.5	11.1–11.9	10.9	105.1
5	29,799	11.9	11.5–12.3	11.8	101
6	29,582	13.6	13.2–14	13.5	100.2

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 120,635 (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 Tiguan?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is tyres: 6.8 items per 100 first tests, against 7.5 across all build years of the Volkswagen Tiguan. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Volkswagen Tiguan built 2018 against the Volkswagen Tiguan in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	6.8	7.5	8,345
Visibility	6	5	7,352
Brakes	3.3	4	4,047
Suspension	1.5	10.6	1,795
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	1.2	4.1	1,507

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 121,830 (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 13 published build years of the Volkswagen Tiguan, 2018 ranks 13 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 96.5. 2019: index 97.5.

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 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-tiguan/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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