2012 Volkswagen Beetle 1.4L Petrol · LT58 BUG

The Volkswagen Beetle presents as roadworthy following its most recent MOT pass on 25 November 2025 at 88,109 miles, with the maintenance trend appearing stable across the recorded history. The November 2025 pass came six days after a failure on 19 November at 88,086 miles, though the tester logged no defects on either entry. This pattern repeats the previous year, where a pass on 22 November 2024 at 84,306 miles followed a failure on 21 November 2024 at 84,264 miles, again with no defects noted. Such back-to-back fail-and-pass pairs with empty defect fields suggest administrative or presentation anomalies at the testing station rather than genuine mechanical faults. The odometer shows 80,310 miles at the 3 November 2023 test, rising to 84,264 miles by November 2024 and 88,086 miles by November 2025. That equates to roughly 4,000 miles per year over the last two years, below the 6,294 miles per annum average for the vehicle's fourteen-year life. The sparse record contains only three pass and two fail entries across two years, with no advisories or defects ever recorded, so the data gives little insight into wear on consumables or structural components. A buyer should still commission an independent inspection of the suspension bushes, coil springs, brake discs, and underbody corrosion given the car's 2012 build date and the absence of any advisory history to confirm these items were checked. The recurring same-week fail-and-pass cycles without logged defects warrant verification that the DVSA entries reflect the actual vehicle rather than a clerical error at the garage. Confirm the exhaust emissions and structural integrity in person, as the clean record offers no evidence these systems were scrutinised beyond a basic pass criterion.