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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN BEETLEs year 1951

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mot history
Pass percent:75.00%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE year 1951 passes without issue)
Based on:56 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Windscreen washer not working 2
Registration plate issues2
Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||1
Steering box has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.3 |a| |i||1
Offside Rear Hydraulic brake cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid |1.1.16 |b| |i||1
Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Position lamp switch does not illuminate the front and rear position lamps with a single operation |1.1.A.2|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated1
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside Front Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Steering arm repaired by welding |2.2.C.1e|1
Lower Steering column flexible coupling is excessively deteriorated |2.1.5|1
Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Intermediate drop arm insecure |2.2.B.1a|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Front position lamp|s| missing |1.1.A.3a|1
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Nearside Rear Brake pipe inadequately clipped |3.6.B.1|1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|1
Offside Front Sub-frame attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|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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