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Volkswagen Golf Match TDI — Reliability by Year

4,452 vehicles · MOT data 2010–2025 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Volkswagen Golf Match 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
2019
97.0% pass rate · 920 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2010
85.7% pass rate · 189 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2025 First MOTs due 2028+ 487
2019
97.0%
56,964 mi 920
2012
86.7%
107,505 mi 1,445
2011
87.0%
112,159 mi 1,411
2010
85.7%
117,696 mi 189

* 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 Match 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 56,964 miles (newest year) to 117,696 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 Match TDI.

See the buying guide →

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