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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN BEATLEs year 1976

Review the list of common VOLKSWAGEN BEATLE failures below or to perform a specific mot history check on your VOLKSWAGEN then use our popular KnowYourCar service

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Pass percent:27.27%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN BEATLE year 1976 passes without issue)
Based on:11 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.2.A.1a|2
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside Stop lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.2.1d|1
Offside Rear 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
Horn is a siren |1.6.2c|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` |8.3.1e|1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive |7.3.B.1b|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator insecure |1.4.A.2b|1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|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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