Volkswagen Arteon 2022: reliability & common MOT faults

At a glance

How 1,786 first tests went in 2025.

Passed first time: 87 in every 100
Did not pass first time: 13 in every 100229 failed first-attempt tests
The typical car: 3 yearsabout 30,370 miles
First tests counted: 1,786

What failed most often

Tyre condition (front)32 in every 100 failed tests

How we count this. Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Only Class 4 cars on their first MOT of the year are counted. A car that fails and is fixed at the test station still counts as a fail in the first-attempt rate. These are raw results, not adjusted for age, mileage, or peer mix. The MOT does not test engine or gearbox internals.

Note:

These are patterns across 2022 Volkswagen Arteon vehicles in 2025, not a prediction that any one car will have them. Faults are grouped by part of the car. A wear pattern follows age and use more than the way the car was built. They come from MOT defect codes, not manufacturer bulletins, recalls or a diagnosis of any one car.

Brakes

One wear pattern: brake pads (rear), 2.3 times as often as on similar cars.

Figures below are measured across the 229 failed first attempts in 2025 that had a mileage recorded, which allows a like-for-like comparison.

We only list faults with at least 20 failures and a rate of about 2.0 times that of similar cars, which keeps one-off results out of the list.

Brake pads (rear)

Failed on 24 first tests2.3 times as often as similar carsWear pattern

What it means

A pad worn down to its wear indicator, or contaminated with oil or grease, is Major. A pad worn below the set thickness limit, missing or incorrectly mounted is Dangerous. The manual treats an illuminated brake wear indicator as no reason for failure, although DVSA also lists an illuminated indicator as a Major row.

Also noted as an advisory

Testers also noted it as an advisory, worn but not yet failing, on 23 first tests, 2.1 times as often as on similar cars.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage. Advisories count notes recorded on failed first tests only.

MOT pass rates

How first tests ended, and how the pass rates are counted.

Passed first time: 87in every 100; Passed on the first test.
Fixed at the station: 1in every 100; Failed, then fixed at the test station the same day.
Failed: 12in every 100; Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.

First-attempt pass 87.2% of 1,786 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 88.5%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 1 fixed and the 12 not fixed make the 13 in every 100 that did not pass first time.

By fuel type

First testsPassed first time, as tested

Petrol99388

Diesel46788

Hybrid32685

Figures are in every 100 first tests.

Same model, other years

Passed first time in every 100, all tested in 2025.

Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb.

Year	Passed first time	First tests
2017	87 in every 100	504
2018	85 in every 100	1,918
2019	86 in every 100	2,151
2020	87 in every 100	1,375
2021	87 in every 100	1,426
2022 This car	87 in every 100	1,786

FAQs

Short answers about how to read this model-year guide.

Is the 2022 Volkswagen Arteon reliable?

The 2022 Volkswagen Arteon follows the pattern of the model years either side. In 2025, 87.2% of 1,786 first MOTs on the 2022 Volkswagen Arteon passed first time (PRS: items fixed at the station the same day, counted as a fail). The official-style rate including PRS is 88.5%. Among 229 failed first-attempt MOT tests (test year 2025), we highlight MOT failure patterns that show up more often than on cars of a similar age and mileage when the sample is large enough to trust. There is no single reliability score here; this is a pre-purchase checklist built from DVSA open data, not a guarantee for any individual car.

What is most likely to fail on a 2022 Volkswagen Arteon?

Ranked by how often they were actually recorded, the items that most often failed a 2022 Volkswagen Arteon at the first attempt were Tyre condition (front) (32.3%), each as a share of the year's failed first attempts. That is what goes wrong most often on the car. The common faults table shows a different measure: faults that are unusual compared with similar cars.

What does this Volkswagen Arteon 2022 MOT report cover?

This page highlights MOT failure patterns for the 2022 Volkswagen Arteon (registration year) using UK DVSA open data for the selected test year. Patterns are compared with cars of a similar age and mileage. It is a buyer checklist from MOT defect statistics, not a full service history or manufacturer service-bulletin list.

Does this include engine and gearbox problems?

No. MOT tests do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronic modules. Patterns here come from MOT defect statistics only and should not be read as engine or gearbox reliability scores.

About this data

How this page is built and what it can (and can't) say.

These figures come from UK MOT open data for this model year. We surface common failure patterns against similar cars, not a full reliability score, and not a pass/fail verdict on any individual vehicle.

2024 2025

What we include

UK Class 4 cars only. Normal MOT tests (not retests); first test per vehicle per calendar year; results pass, PRS, or fail.

Same-day repairs

PRS means the car failed items that were fixed at the test station and then passed the same day. We count PRS as a first-attempt fail in headline rates so same-day repairs do not hide problems.

How we compare

We compare this model year with other Class 4 cars of similar age and mileage in the same test year. This model family is left out of the peer group so the car is not measured against itself.

What this does not cover

MOTs do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronics; this is not a full reliability score.
Common faults come from MOT defect stats, not manufacturer TSBs or recalls.
Age and mileage matching reduces, but does not remove, differences in how cars were used and maintained.
If the data for a car is too thin to say anything useful, we say so rather than guess.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.