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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN CALIFORNIAs year 1990

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mot history
Pass percent:54.84%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN CALIFORNIA year 1990 passes without issue)
Based on:31 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded5
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working |1.3.1b|4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively4
Registration plate lamp issues3
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|2
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|2
Nearside Headlamp insecure |1.7.3|2
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|2
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated2
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine |7.4.B.3b|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Headlamp insecure |1.7.3|1
Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Windscreen wiper blade insecure1
Nearside Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine |7.4.B.3b|1
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Fuel tank leaking |7.2.3|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure |2.2.D.2d|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter insecure |2.2.D.2d|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Rear brake binding1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Nearside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Offside Headlamp has a product on the light source so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure (1.1.12 (d))1
Nearside Headlamp has a product on the light source so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii))1
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp light intensity significantly reduced |4.5.4 |a||1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |8.2.1.2 |b||1
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding |1.2.1 |f||1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|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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