2020 Volkswagen Caddy 2.0L Diesel · CV70 ECY

The 2020 Volkswagen Caddy passed its most recent MOT on 22 August 2025 at 67,001 miles, but the maintenance trend is clearly worsening. The vehicle failed the previous day at 66,989 miles on a malfunction indicator lamp, an inoperative offside rear position lamp, and critically thin front brake pads measuring under 1.5 mm. Although the front pads were rectified before the pass, the tester still flagged rear brake pads wearing thin, a cracked and perished offside rear lamp cluster, and four separate rear tyre defects including both sidewalls perishing, a cut on the nearside, and the nearside worn to the legal limit on its inner edge. This cluster of rear-end faults points to deferred rather than proactive maintenance. The mileage accumulation is broadly typical for a six-year-old van at roughly 11,167 miles per year, but the gap between the August 2024 clean pass at 52,996 miles and the August 2025 test at 67,001 miles represents an unusually steep jump of 14,005 miles in twelve months. That surge suggests intensive commercial use over the last year, which would explain the accelerated wear on rear brakes, tyres, and lighting components. The earlier record is sparse but clean, with only minor tyre wear advisories noted in August 2023 at 37,848 miles. A buyer should focus the physical inspection on the rear axle and lighting circuit. The repeated rear tyre advisories across three consecutive tests, combined with the perished sidewalls and inner-edge wear, strongly suggest rear suspension geometry issues, likely worn trailing arm bushes or a misaligned beam axle, which will destroy replacement tyres rapidly if left uncorrected. The rear brake pads appearing thin again within days of the pass test indicates either a binding caliper or aggressive driving style, so the rear discs should be checked for scoring and lipping. The offside rear lamp cluster fault persisting across both the fail and pass tests implies a wiring or earth fault rather than a simple bulb failure, which could intermittently affect other circuits.