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Volkswagen Golf GTE S A — Reliability by Year

8,945 vehicles · MOT data 2020–2025 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Volkswagen Golf GTE 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
2022
94.5% pass rate · 865 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2020
92.3% pass rate · 276 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2025 First MOTs due 2028+ 2,769
2024 First MOTs due 2027+ 33,989 mi 1,873
2023 First MOTs due 2026+ 35,847 mi 1,735
2022
94.5%
31,765 mi 865
2021
92.5%
37,929 mi 1,427
2020
92.3%
33,024 mi 276

* 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 GTE 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 31,765 miles (newest year) to 37,929 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 GTE S A.

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