MOT History from tests of petrol PORSCHE BOXSTERs year 2005

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Pass percent:83.24%

(The average a petrol PORSCHE BOXSTER year 2005 passes without issue)

Based on:63,253 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1953
Brake pipe excessively corroded	1662
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	869
Registration plate issues	802
Registration plate lamp issues	677
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	485
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	429
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	292
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	285
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	225
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	210
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	210
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	207
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	195
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	192
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	172
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	159
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	154
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	150
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	148
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	147
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	137
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	125
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	124
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	115
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	109
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	103
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	100
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	99
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	95
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	94
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	93
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	93
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	87
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	86
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer deteriorated \|7.2.4c\|	79
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	78
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	76
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	72
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	72
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	71
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	69
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|8.2.1.2 \|c\|\|	68
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	67
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	67
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	66
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	62
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	60
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	59
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	58
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a))	52
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	51
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	51
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	47
Front brake excessively fluctuating	45
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	44
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	44
Windscreen has damage	44
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	43
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	43
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	43
Windscreen washer not working	42
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	41
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	41
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|4.4.3 \|a\|\|	41
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	39
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|4.4.3 \|a\|\|	38
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	37
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	37
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	37
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	37
Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	37
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	36
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	36
Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	35
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	34
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	34
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	34
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	32
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	32

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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MOT History from tests of petrol PORSCHE BOXSTERs year 2005

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