Model Reports 5 min read Updated 18 Oct 2026

Volkswagen Touran 2015: reliability & common MOT faults

In 2025, 72 in every 100 first MOTs on a 2015 Volkswagen Touran were passes. Most common reason for a fail: Tyre condition (front).

Summary

A 2015 Volkswagen Touran passed first time about 3 in every 100 less often than the average of the 2014 and 2016 model years.

At a glance

How 3,658 first tests went in 2025.

Passed first time
72 in every 100
Did not pass first time
28 in every 1001,016 failed first-attempt tests
The typical car
10 yearsabout 88,802 miles
First tests counted
3,658

What failed most often

  1. Tyre condition (front)13 in every 100 failed tests
  2. Suspension arm (rear)9 in every 100 failed tests
  3. Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover (front)8 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 2015 Volkswagen Touran vehicles in 2025, not a prediction that any one car will have them. Faults are grouped by part of the car. They come from MOT defect codes, not manufacturer bulletins, recalls or a diagnosis of any one car.

Suspension

Five faults. The strongest is the suspension arm (rear): 33 times as often as on similar cars.

Figures below are measured across the 1,016 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.

Suspension arm (rear)

Failed on 88 first tests33 times as often as similar carsLikely evidence

What it means

A missing bump stop rubber is not a reason to fail a suspension arm. A component that is fractured, missing or likely to fail is graded Dangerous, and one excessively damaged or corroded is Major. On some vehicles, some highly stressed parts are thin pressed steel, and many of those have hollow box sections or up-facing areas that can collect road dirt and salt, so they get special attention.

Also noted as an advisory

Testers also noted it as an advisory, worn but not yet failing, on 165 first tests, 15 times as often as on similar cars.

Anti-roll bar linkage ball joints (rear)

Failed on 30 first tests23 times as often as similar carsLikely evidence

What it means

Excessive wear on an anti-roll bar linkage ball joint is Major. A joint likely to become detached is graded Dangerous.

Also noted as an advisory

Testers also noted it as an advisory, worn but not yet failing, on 49 first tests, 26 times as often as on similar cars.

Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover (front)

Failed on 77 first tests3.6 times as often as similar carsLikely evidence

What it means

A suspension joint dust cover that is severely deteriorated is Minor. It becomes Major once it is missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, so what matters is whether it still keeps dirt out. DVSA words this for any suspension joint dust cover, and files it here under anti-roll bars.

Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover (front)

Failed on 27 first tests3.2 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

A missing anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover is Major, and so is one that no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. A cover that is only severely deteriorated is Minor. DVSA uses one wording for the dust cover on any suspension joint.

Shock absorbers (rear)

Failed on 48 first tests2.2 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

Slight seepage that leaves a film of fluid on a shock absorber does not fail it. Severe leakage, or damage so that it does not function, is Major. A shock absorber missing or likely to become detached is graded Dangerous, though a missing one is only rejected if shock absorbers were fitted as standard.

Also noted as an advisory

Testers also noted it as an advisory, worn but not yet failing, on 58 first tests, 2.2 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.

Brakes

One fault: anti-lock braking system (ABS), 2.2 times as often as on similar cars.

Anti-lock braking system (ABS)

Failed on 29 first tests2.2 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

ABS is failed as removed only where it has obviously been removed, because not every vehicle in the age range where removal is not permitted has ABS. A warning lamp that does not light or shows an ABS fault is Major, as is a missing or excessively damaged wheel speed sensor. Every failure row for this component is Major.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Advisories

Other things testers noted as worn or close to failing, more often than on similar cars.

An advisory is a note from the tester about something that has not failed yet. It is an early warning, not a fail. Advisories for the faults above are shown with those faults.

Seat belt condition (rear)

Noted on 23 first tests5.4 times as often as similar carsElevated evidence

Suspension arm pins and bushes (rear)

Noted on 43 first tests3.3 times as often as similar carsElevated evidence

Number plates (rear)

Noted on 56 first tests3.0 times as often as similar carsElevated evidence

Suspension arm pins and bushes (front)

Noted on 197 first tests2.6 times as often as similar carsElevated evidence

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Counts cover advisories recorded on failed first tests only, compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

MOT pass rates

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

Passed first time
72in every 100
Passed on the first test.
Fixed at the station
4in every 100
Failed, then fixed at the test station the same day.
Failed
24in every 100
Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.

First-attempt pass 72.2% of 3,658 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 76.2%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 4 fixed and the 24 not fixed make the 28 in every 100 that did not pass first time.

Same model, other years

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

4060801002005201020152020Older carsNewer cars
406080100201020152020Older carsNewer cars

Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb. A year earlier (2024), when these cars were a year younger, 74 in every 100 passed first time.

YearPassed first timeFirst tests
200453 in every 1001,266
200553 in every 1002,004
200652 in every 1002,921
200756 in every 1004,385
200855 in every 1004,134
200956 in every 1004,540
201057 in every 1004,410
201166 in every 1005,484
201267 in every 1005,401
201368 in every 1005,168
201472 in every 1004,764
2015 This car72 in every 1003,658
201679 in every 1003,486
201780 in every 1004,122
201881 in every 1003,523
201986 in every 1002,614
202088 in every 1002,111
202190 in every 100925
202287 in every 100368

If you are buying one

What this year's MOT record means for the decision in front of you.

Mileage matters most on a 2015 Touran.

Of 2015 Touran vehicles with under 63,000 miles, 82 in every 100 passed their 2025 MOT first time. With 122,000 miles or more, 69 in every 100 did.

Under 63,000727 tests
82
63,000–80,000732 tests
73
80,000–98,000 Typical car746 tests
71
98,000–122,000726 tests
66
122,000 and over726 tests
69

What to check at your mileage

How often each fault turned up on a failed first test, by the car's mileage. Read it as: what is likely to need looking at on a car like the one in front of you.

Under 63,00080,000–98,000122,000 and over
Tyre condition (front)3.43.43.4
Suspension arm (rear)0.72.13.9
Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover (front)0.42.02.5
Coil spring (rear)1.51.72.2
Tyre tread depth (front)1.02.52.5

Faults per 100 first tests, by the car's mileage at the test.

When a car fails

40in every 100

of failed cars had one item to fix.

29in every 100

of failed cars had three or more items to fix.

8in every 100

of all first tests had a defect the tester marked dangerous (unsafe to drive away).

Every figure here is a first-attempt MOT rate from DVSA open data for this model line, for cars of this model year tested in 2025. Each mileage band holds a fifth of the tests. MOTs do not test engine or gearbox internals, so this is a pre-purchase checklist, not a full reliability score.

FAQs

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

A 2015 Volkswagen Touran passed first time about 3 in every 100 less often than the average of the 2014 and 2016 model years. In 2025, 72.2% of 3,658 first MOTs on the 2015 Volkswagen Touran passed first time (PRS: items fixed at the station the same day, counted as a fail). The official-style rate including PRS is 76.2%. Among 1,016 failed first-attempt MOT tests (test year 2025), Suspension arm (rear) appears more often than on similar cars (8.7% of those tests; 88 observed failures; about 33× more often than similar cars). 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.
Ranked by how often they were actually recorded, the items that most often failed a 2015 Volkswagen Touran at the first attempt were Tyre condition (front) (13.5%), Suspension arm (rear) (8.7%) and Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover (front) (7.6%), 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.
Among failed first-attempt tests we highlight patterns that appear more often than on similar cars. Top example: Suspension arm (rear) (8.7% of those tests; 88 observed failures; about 33× more often than similar cars). These are statistical signals, not a diagnosis of any individual car.
Suspension arm (rear) shows up more often than on similar cars (8.7% of those tests; 88 observed failures; about 33× more often than similar cars). That does not prove a design fault. Age, mileage, and how the car was used still matter. Treat it as a pre-purchase checkpoint, not a manufacturer service bulletin.
Common MOT problem areas for the 2015 Volkswagen Touran include Suspension arm (rear), Anti-roll bar linkage ball joints (rear), Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover (front). These are the faults that stand out compared with similar cars, not a complete list of what can go wrong on any individual car.
Advisories flag issues noted at the test and are not a fail rate. We show advisory patterns that appear more often than on similar cars among failed first-attempt tests, separate from common failure rows. Use them as early-warning checks, not as a pass/fail score.
This page highlights MOT failure patterns for the 2015 Volkswagen Touran (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.
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.

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