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Volkswagen Golf Life Etsi S A — Reliability by Year

8,742 vehicles · MOT data 2020–2024 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Volkswagen Golf Life Etsi 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
96.3% pass rate · 913 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2020
94.4% pass rate · 1,935 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2024 First MOTs due 2027+ 15,285 mi 1,369
2023 First MOTs due 2026+ 21,423 mi 2,379
2022
96.3%
22,623 mi 913
2021
94.8%
27,216 mi 2,146
2020
94.4%
27,135 mi 1,935

* 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 Life Etsi 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 22,623 miles (newest year) to 27,216 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 Life Etsi S A.

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