The 10 most common TÜV defects

The TÜV checks exactly which possible faults and dangers lurk in a car. The general inspection serves to make vehicles safer on the roads in Germany. In our weekly ranking we show you the ten most common TÜV defects.

Is a car drivable or not? Are there deficiencies that could cause security problems? Or maybe it’s just the windshield wiper that’s not working properly anymore? All of these options are examined and checked by TÜV during the general inspection. If a vehicle exists, there is a new sticker – usually for two years. But time and again, the TÜV inspectors find defects that are more standard and particularly common.

But what are the defects that inspectors at TÜV in Germany keep coming across? The current data published by the TÜV Association provides the database for our current ranking. From this we can quickly see: These are the ten most common TÜV defects:

The most common defects in the TÜV

Defective brakes, stone chips in the windows – there are a whole range of possibilities why a car doesn’t pass the MOT and comes out of the test with defects. However, there are a number of defects that occur again and again and are therefore particularly common. These are the ten defects that occur again and again in the TÜV and to which the inspectors usually pay more attention.

10th place: vibration damper

There are often defects in vibration dampers that are noticed during TÜV testing. This could be, for example, the rubber stop or the additional spring is damaged. It is also conceivable that the attachment of the vibration damper is defective or that the effect is no longer sufficient. In the TÜV ranking of the most defects, the vibration damper is in tenth place.