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Volkswagen Golf Style TSI — Reliability by Year

9,619 vehicles · MOT data 2020–2025 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Volkswagen Golf Style TSI 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
96.9% pass rate · 1,152 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2020
93.6% pass rate · 2,941 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2025 First MOTs due 2028+ 501
2024 First MOTs due 2027+ 1,310
2023 First MOTs due 2026+ 19,887 mi 1,298
2022
96.9%
22,086 mi 1,152
2021
94.8%
27,021 mi 2,417
2020
93.6%
28,138 mi 2,941

* 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 Style TSI is most reliable?

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

Tests range from an average of 22,086 miles (newest year) to 28,138 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 Style TSI.

See the buying guide →

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