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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN BEETLEs year 1988

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mot history
Pass percent:61.11%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE year 1988 passes without issue)
Based on:36 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Horn not working (7.7 (a))2
Offside Rear fog lamp missing |1.3.2a|1
Offside Front Lower Ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Rear Rear fog lamp missing |1.3.2a|1
Rear fog lamp switch missing |1.3.1a|1
Rear fog lamp tell tale missing |1.3.1b|1
Nearside Side repeater missing |1.4.A.2b|1
Offside Side repeater missing |1.4.A.2b|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Rear 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
Nearside Front Driver`s seat insecure |6.2.A.1|1
Offside Front Driver`s seat insecure |6.2.A.1|1
Offside Lower Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Lower Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.4.A.2e|1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Outer Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded sill |5.2.6|1
Offside Front Macpherson strut has excessive movement at the upper attachment |2.5.A.1c|1
Front Fuel hose leaking from fuel tank |7.2.3|1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded chassi / sill |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded chassi / sill |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases Backbox (6.1.2 (a))1
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))1
Windscreen washer not working 1
Front passenger door does not latch securely closed |6.2.B.1a|1
Driver`s seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended. |6.2.A.3|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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