MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN 181s year 1978

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Pass percent:50.00%

(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN 181 year 1978 passes without issue)

Based on:8 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	1
Nearside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Front Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Nearside Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Offside Passenger`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1

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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Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	1
Nearside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Front Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Nearside Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Offside Passenger`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN 181s year 1978

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