Volkswagen Touran 2016: MOT failure rate for its age

18.1% of 21,942 MOT tests of the Volkswagen Touran first registered in 2016 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 94.3 (95% CI 91.4–97.2; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2016 Volkswagen Touran fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Volkswagen Touran built in 2016 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	18.1	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	21942
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 91.4–97.2)	94.3	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	21942
Rank among this model's 18 build years	5	of 18	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	21942
Tested in 2024	3629	tests	median 70,174 miles	2024	3629

Built 2016 against Volkswagen Touran normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 19.8% vs 18.7%; age 4: 17.6% vs 15%; age 5: 16.5% vs 16.3%; age 6: 17.3% vs 18.4%; age 7: 18.7% vs 21.7%; age 8: 18.6% vs 25.1%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2016 Volkswagen Touran by registration · All Volkswagen Touran 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 2016 Volkswagen Touran fail at each age?

Cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8 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 Touran built 2016: 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	3,877	19.8	18.6–21.1	18.7	105.9
4	3,581	17.6	16.4–18.9	15	117.3
5	3,632	16.5	15.3–17.7	16.3	100.9
6	3,615	17.3	16.1–18.6	18.4	94.3
7	3,608	18.7	17.5–20	21.7	86.2
8	3,629	18.6	17.4–19.9	25.1	74.1

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,942 (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 2016 Volkswagen Touran?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2016 is tyres: 8.5 items per 100 first tests, against 13.1 across all build years of the Volkswagen Touran. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Volkswagen Touran built 2016 against the Volkswagen Touran in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2016, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	8.5	13.1	1,871
Visibility	6.4	9.7	1,412
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	4.8	16.4	1,062
Brakes	3	11.3	667
Noise, emissions and leaks	1.8	5	391

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,942 (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 2016 compare with the years around it?

Among the 18 published build years of the Volkswagen Touran, 2016 ranks 5 (1 = fails least for its age). 2015: index 92.6. 2017: index 97.8.

Volkswagen Touran build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2003	101.0	96.4–105.6	no different (rough estimate)	3,789
2004	103.7	101.8–105.6	worse	23,591
2005	103.0	101.4–104.6	worse	33,095
2006	105.2	103.7–106.7	worse	38,915
2007	96.8	95.5–98.2	better	45,310
2008	101.3	99.7–102.9	no different	37,520
2009	104.0	102.4–105.7	worse	37,176
2010	106.0	104.2–107.9	worse	32,954
2011	94.4	92.7–96.1	better	36,929
2012	94.1	92.3–96.0	better	34,462
2013	96.9	94.8–98.9	better	31,715
2014	94.8	92.6–97.1	better	29,344
2015	92.6	89.9–95.3	better	22,975
2016	94.3	91.4–97.2	better	21,942
2017	97.8	94.8–100.9	no different	22,499
2018	110.2	106.1–114.4	worse	15,112
2019	88.9	83.8–93.9	better	8,536
2020	78.2	71.6–84.7	better	4,515

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 480,379 (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 Touran 2016 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-touran/2016/

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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