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Volkswagen Golf GTD TDI S A — Reliability by Year

5,664 vehicles · MOT data 2017–2024 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Volkswagen Golf GTD TDI S A 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
2019
98.1% pass rate · 117 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2021
93.2% pass rate · 1,792 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2024 First MOTs due 2027+ 8,413 mi 805
2023 First MOTs due 2026+ 26,588 mi 1,152
2022
93.8%
29,936 mi 1,022
2021
93.2%
37,706 mi 1,792
2020
93.5%
38,107 mi 273
2019
98.1%
51,600 mi 117
2018
97.0%
64,470 mi 238
2017
95.2%
70,326 mi 265

* 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 Golf GTD TDI S A is most reliable?

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

Tests range from an average of 29,936 miles (newest year) to 70,326 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 Golf GTD TDI S A.

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