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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN BEETLEs year 2012

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mot history
Pass percent:73.53%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:5,228 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively157
Headlamp aim out of alignment155
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))128
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))85
Registration plate issues75
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))70
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))63
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))50
Windscreen washer not working 50
Registration plate lamp issues45
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))44
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))39
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))39
Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))29
Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||25
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))23
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))22
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))21
Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|18
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||17
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))16
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))16
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))14
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))14
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|14
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))14
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))12
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||12
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))11
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))10
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||9
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))9
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|9
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))9
Windscreen has damage9
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))9
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))9
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))9
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||8
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|8
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))8
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))8
Brakes imbalanced across an axle8
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||8
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))7
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||7
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))7
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|6
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|6
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|6
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))6
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|6
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))6
Central Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a))6
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))6
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))6
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))5
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))5
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||5
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||5
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened5
Nearside Side repeater light intensity significantly reduced (4.4.3 (a))5
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush |5.3.4 |a| |i||5
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))5
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened5
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))5
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement rear bush |2.4.G.2|5

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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