Volkswagen Corrado
Registered from 1990 to 1996.
About this model
The Volkswagen Corrado is a sport compact car which was marketed by Volkswagen from 1988 until 1995. It was manufactured by Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany. The Corrado is a three-door coupé with two side passenger doors and a rear liftback that seats four passengers in a 2+2 seating arrangement. It has a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout and was based on the Volkswagen Group A2 platform used in the Volkswagen Golf Mk2.
From the Wikipedia article Volkswagen Corrado, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1995 2.9 petrol. 57 of 347 tests failed, 16%.
Better than 87% of 1995 cars. The typical one fails 25%, across 145 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 46% | 26 |
| Suspension | 35% | 20 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 25% | 14 |
| Body and structure | 23% | 13 |
| Lights and electrics | 23% | 13 |
| Steering | 16% | 9 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 46% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Suspension — 35% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
- Exhaust and emissions — 25% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Steering — 16% of its failures
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Lights and electrics — 23% of its failures
- Body and structure — 23% of its failures
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
When it starts failing
At 100–120k miles this one fails 15% of its inspections, against the 23% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80–100k miles | 14% | 25% | 35 | |
| 100–120k miles | 15% | 23% | 66 | |
| 120–140k miles | 19% | — | 75 | |
| 140–160k miles | 19% | — | 57 | |
| 160–180k miles | 17% | — | 35 |
268 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 120k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.