2017 Volkswagen Touareg MOT pass rate: 79.7% (9,698 tests)

2017-registered Volkswagen Touaregs passed 79.7% of 9,698 MOT tests in 2023–2025 — 4.3 points worse than same-age cars (84.0%). This is one of the lower-scoring Touareg years after correcting for vehicle age — inspect the individual car carefully.

79.7%Pass rate, 2017 cars

95.7Age-adjusted index (100 = average)

9,698Tests analysed

63,056 miMedian mileage at test

Is the 2017 Touareg getting worse?

Pass rate of 2017-registered cars across recent test years:

Test year	Pass rate
2023	81.0% -4.7 vs same-age
2024	79.1% -4.8 vs same-age
2025	78.8% -3.5 vs same-age

The raw rate normally falls as cars age. The “vs same-age” figure compares this cohort with all UK cars registered in the same year, so normal ageing is not mistaken for a bad model year.

What fails on a 2017 Touareg

#	System	Defects recorded	Share
1	Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	1,132	35.5%
2	Tyres	717	22.5%
3	Suspension	570	17.9%
4	Brakes	337	10.6%
5	Noise, emissions and leaks	214	6.7%
6	Visibility	111	3.5%

All Touareg years compared

Registration year	Tests	Pass rate	Vs same-age	Median mileage
2004	1,869	71.6%	+7.3 pts	135,530
2005	3,435	70.1%	+5.6 pts	144,454
2006	4,957	71.5%	+7.1 pts	143,713
2007	5,849	70.6%	+5.5 pts	139,377
2008	4,251	70.3%	+5.2 pts	135,826
2009	3,285	71.5%	+5.1 pts	125,092
2010	2,200	72.6%	+5.2 pts	126,256
2011	5,063	77.0%	+7.9 pts	120,489
2012	5,558	80.2%	+8.9 pts	109,599
2013	6,939	80.3%	+7.0 pts	101,869
2014	9,127	81.9%	+6.0 pts	92,261
2015	12,303	79.4%	+0.7 pts	81,521
2016	11,447	81.2%	-0.2 pts	72,712
2017 (this page)	9,698	79.7%	-4.3 pts	63,056
2018	4,640	86.6%	+0.3 pts	53,516
2019	8,650	87.8%	-0.6 pts	45,808
2020	1,910	92.3%	+2.4 pts	38,442

Weighing up which year to buy? See the full ranking: Volkswagen Touareg years to avoid.

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FAQs

Is a 2017 Volkswagen Touareg reliable?

2017-registered examples passed 79.7% of their MOT tests (9,698 tests, 2023–2025), -4.3 points versus all UK cars registered in the same year. At roughly 9 years old with a median 63,056 miles, condition now varies car by car — always check the individual MOT history.

What mileage is too high for a 2017 Touareg?

The median tested example shows 63,056 miles. Anything far beyond that isn't automatically bad — a motorway-mile car with consistent service records often beats a low-mileage school-run car — but price accordingly and scrutinise the mileage trail for gaps or drops.

Source: DVSA Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023–2025 extracts (96 million Class 4 initial tests; retests excluded). Only vehicles old enough for a routine first MOT are included. Age-adjusted figures compare the model-year cohort with all vehicles of the same registration year tested in the same calendar year. Contains public sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.