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MOT History from tests of diesel DS DS3s year 2016

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mot history
Pass percent:71.29%
(The average a diesel DS DS3 year 2016 passes without issue)
Based on:25,137 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1313
Headlamp aim out of alignment719
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))576
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))416
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))404
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))394
Windscreen washer not working 366
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))314
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))236
Registration plate lamp issues216
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))191
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))188
Rear Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a))184
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))182
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))176
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))176
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))151
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))150
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))149
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))133
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))127
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened126
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))108
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))101
Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))101
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))84
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))84
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened82
Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))82
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt insecure (6.1.7 (g) (ii))80
Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))80
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))73
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))71
Offside Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))67
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))64
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))60
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))59
Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))58
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))57
Registration plate issues55
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))53
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))53
Brakes imbalanced across an axle52
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))52
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))49
Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))46
Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a))46
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))46
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt insecure (6.1.7 (g) (ii))45
Offside Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))44
Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a))41
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))40
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))32
Central Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a))32
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt insecure (6.1.7 (g) (ii))31
Nearside Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))29
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))26
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))24
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))23
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))23

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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