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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN BEETLEs year 2013

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mot history
Pass percent:75.46%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE year 2013 passes without issue)
Based on:19,975 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively696
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))519
Headlamp aim out of alignment350
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))297
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))285
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))283
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))241
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))206
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))196
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))187
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))165
Registration plate lamp issues140
Registration plate issues118
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))97
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))85
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))79
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))75
Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))75
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))74
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))65
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))65
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))64
Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||64
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))56
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))53
Windscreen washer not working 52
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))51
Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|50
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))49
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))47
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||46
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))40
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||39
Brakes imbalanced across an axle38
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))36
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))36
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))34
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened34
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))33
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))33
Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))30
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||29
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))27
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))26
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))25
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||24
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))23
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))22
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))20
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))20
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|20
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))20
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|20
Offside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))20
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))19
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))19
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|19
Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))19
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||19
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened18
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||17
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))17
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))17
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|17
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||17
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))16
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush |5.3.4 |a| |i||15
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))15
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))15
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||15

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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