MOT comparison

Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1 vs Ford Kuga Mk1

How the Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1 (5N) (2007–2016) and the Ford Kuga Mk1 (2008–2012) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1 (5N)

1,150,783

MOT tests compared · built 2007–2016

Passes more often in 15 of 15 mileage bands

Ford Kuga Mk1

568,374

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2012

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1 Ford Kuga Mk1

Under 10,000 miles 94.6% vs 90.4%

5,307 and 1,294 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.9% vs 91.4%

38,124 and 11,964 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 90.5% vs 88.1%

91,361 and 33,638 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 88.4% vs 83.5%

120,282 and 45,945 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 86.0% vs 79.7%

127,330 and 50,116 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 83.1% vs 75.3%

125,034 and 51,581 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 80.1% vs 70.7%

117,906 and 52,330 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 77.3% vs 67.1%

107,091 and 52,036 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 74.6% vs 64.5%

94,397 and 50,461 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 72.2% vs 62.7%

79,315 and 47,240 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 68.9% vs 60.0%

136,040 and 93,104 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 65.9% vs 59.0%

67,573 and 50,633 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 64.2% vs 58.7%

27,793 and 20,039 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 63.2% vs 56.7%

9,567 and 6,113 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 62.6% vs 57.9%

3,663 and 1,880 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

Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1 fails more often on

Front suspension arm

Fails about 6 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk1: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.34%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Shock absorbers

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Kuga Mk1: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.86%.

In 8 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

Ford Kuga Mk1 fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about 4 times as often as the Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1: 2.1% of MOTs against 0.59%.

In 15 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View
Headlamp

Fails about twice as often as the Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1: 4.0% of MOTs against 1.7%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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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.