MOT History from tests of diesel VAUXHALL ASTRAs year 2001

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Pass percent:54.45%

(The average a diesel VAUXHALL ASTRA year 2001 passes without issue)

Based on:228,062 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	33513
Headlamp aim out of alignment	23166
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	15129
Registration plate lamp issues	14088
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	11958
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	8256
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	6925
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	6327
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	5933
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	5083
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	4561
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	3656
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	3574
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	3286
Registration plate issues	3238
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	3172
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3104
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	3098
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	2501
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	2484
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2339
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	2209
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2205
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2094
Rear brake binding	2065
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	2061
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1994
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1985
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1963
Brake load sensing valve linkage seized \|3.6.E.3\|	1939
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1880
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1869
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1720
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1708
Windscreen has damage	1559
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1512
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1492
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1446
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing \|3.3.A.1b\|	1438
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1328
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1291
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view \|8.1.2a\|	1291
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1232
Nearside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1207
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	1170
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1154
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1083
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1047
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	986
Rear brake application uneven	983
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	977
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	973
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	970
Rear Brake load sensing valve linkage seized \|3.6.E.3\|	949
Offside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	932
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	925
Brake load sensing valve seized \|3.6.E.3\|	924
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	896
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	896
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	883
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	876
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	850
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	838
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	834
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	823
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	820
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	805
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	793
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	784
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	770
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	764
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	678
Fuel cap/sealing device does not fasten securely maintaining the sealing arrangement \|7.2.4b\|	674
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	619
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	614
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	612
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	610
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	596
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	573
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	573
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	544
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	544
Front brake application uneven	535
Rear Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated \|7.1.1a\|	530
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	522
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	518
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	512
Nearside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	496
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour \|7.4.B.4\|	491
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	484
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	474
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	451
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching by more than 10mm within zone `A` \|8.3.1b\|	445
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	431
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	426
Brake hose damaged	418
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	411
Centre Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	402
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	385
Offside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	382
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	381
Offside Front Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view \|8.1.2a\|	380
Offside Front Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	363
Offside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	347
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	340
Fuel cap/sealing device missing \|7.2.4a\|	336
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	317
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	313
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	312

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 diesel VAUXHALL ASTRAs year 2001

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