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Volkswagen Crafter Cr35 Startline TDI — Reliability by Year

12,247 vehicles · MOT data 2018–2025 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Volkswagen Crafter Cr35 Startline TDI was manufactured — click any year to explore that cohort in detail. Trying to decide which year to buy? See the full buying guide →

Best pass rate year
2018
89.7% pass rate · 254 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2020
81.9% pass rate · 1,918 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2025 First MOTs due 2028+ 9,284 mi 117
2024 First MOTs due 2027+ 13,751 mi 1,583
2023 First MOTs due 2026+ 55,091 mi 2,515
2022
85.2%
55,670 mi 2,551
2021
83.8%
66,687 mi 2,420
2020
81.9%
82,419 mi 1,918
2019
84.0%
81,241 mi 889
2018
89.7%
101,093 mi 254

* UK vehicles require their first MOT at 3 years old. Recent model years shown in grey have little or no MOT test data yet — pass rate data will build up as those vehicles mature.

Which year Volkswagen Crafter Cr35 Startline TDI is most reliable?

MOT pass rate by year of manufacture — averaged across each vehicle's lifetime of tests.

Tests range from an average of 55,670 miles (newest year) to 101,093 miles (oldest year). Older years naturally accumulate more tests at higher mileages — see the mileage-normalised breakdown →

Trying to decide which year to buy?

We've done the full analysis — which years to look for, which to avoid, and where to find the best value for reliability on a Volkswagen Crafter Cr35 Startline TDI.

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