MOT comparison

Ford Kuga Mk2 vs Volkswagen Tiguan Mk2

How the Ford Kuga Mk2 (2012–2020) and the Volkswagen Tiguan Mk2 (AD/BW) (2016–2024) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Kuga Mk2

1,666,125

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 1 of 12 mileage bands

Volkswagen Tiguan Mk2 (AD/BW)

776,599

MOT tests compared · built 2016–2024

Passes more often in 9 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Kuga Mk2 Volkswagen Tiguan Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 94.3% vs 94.3%

28,102 and 12,506 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.5% vs 91.4%

138,776 and 79,202 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 89.2% vs 89.3%

246,043 and 148,104 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 86.9% vs 88.1%

266,998 and 151,209 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 84.8% vs 87.2%

242,843 and 123,674 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 82.8% vs 86.3%

204,198 and 92,270 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 80.2% vs 85.9%

162,740 and 64,580 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 77.5% vs 84.8%

123,543 and 42,691 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 74.9% vs 83.9%

89,945 and 26,634 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 72.6% vs 82.8%

62,795 and 15,895 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 70.2% vs 82.5%

77,103 and 15,907 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 68.1% vs 81.5%

23,039 and 3,927 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Kuga Mk2 fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about 3 times as often as the Volkswagen Tiguan Mk2: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.45%.

In 12 of 12 mileage bands · Driver's View
Headlamp

Fails about twice as often as the Volkswagen Tiguan Mk2: 1.9% of MOTs against 1.0%.

In 10 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Side repeater

Fails about 14 times as often as the Volkswagen Tiguan Mk2: 0.67% of MOTs against 0.04%.

In 9 of 12 mileage bands

Volkswagen Tiguan Mk2 fails more often on

Engine management light

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk2: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.68%.

In 10 of 12 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.