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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN BEETLEs year 1971

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mot history
Pass percent:35.29%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE year 1971 passes without issue)
Based on:17 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Horn not working |1.6.2a|4
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|3
Registration plate lamp issues3
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|2
Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel |2.1.2b|2
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is deliberately modified which significantly reduces the original strength |2.4.A.3|1
Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Nearside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release |5.2.5a|1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Inner Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Inner Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Registration plate issues1
Offside Front Brake pipe excessively damaged |3.6.B.2c|1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Front Front suspension retaining device ineffective |2.5.A.4|1
Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket modified and seriously weakened |2.4.A.2|1
Front Steering lock stop incorrectly adjusted |2.2.D.2c|1
Front brake application uneven1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.2.A.1a|1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect |2.7.5|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect |2.7.5|1
Nearside All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure |5.2.1a|1
Offside Front Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure |5.2.1a|1
Offside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Battery insecure |1.9.1|1
Bootlid cannot be secured in the closed position |6.4.1|1
Offside Steering lock stop fractured and unserviceable |2.2.C.1d|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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