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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN BEETLEs year 2016

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mot history
Pass percent:77.01%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE year 2016 passes without issue)
Based on:5,181 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively191
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))121
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))117
Headlamp aim out of alignment112
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))99
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))86
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))84
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))77
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))77
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))75
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))33
Registration plate lamp issues32
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))31
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))21
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))21
Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))20
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))19
Registration plate issues19
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault16
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))15
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))14
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))12
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))11
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))10
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))9
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))9
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))9
Windscreen washer not working 8
Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunction (2.6 (a))7
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))7
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))7
Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))6
Brakes imbalanced across an axle6
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))6
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))5
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))5
Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii))5
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))5
Offside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))4
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened4
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))4
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))4
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))4
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))4
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||4
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened4
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))4
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii))4
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak4
Offside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))4
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||4

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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