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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN CALIFORNIAs year 1998

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mot history
Pass percent:40.48%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN CALIFORNIA year 1998 passes without issue)
Based on:42 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment3
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|2
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))2
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|2
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.6.B1|1
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view |8.1.2a|1
Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side |1.4.1 |a||1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a))1
Exhaust fumes entering cabin (6.1.2 (b) (i))1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))1
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|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
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||1
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer`s specified limit |8.2.2.2 |a||1
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))1
Offside Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt split (2.1.3 (g) (ii))1
Centre Rear Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated |7.1.1a|1
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))1
Nearside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings |2.2.B.1h|1
Offside Front Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside 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 fog lamp obviously incorrectly positioned |1.3.2a|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect |4.1.2 |c||1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.6.B1|1
Nearside Body has a sharp edge caused by damage wing mirror casing broken |6.1.C.1|1
Front Direction indicator incorrect colour both sides |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Headlamp aim so that beam "kick up" is not visible on the screen the sticker in wrong position |1.8.B.1|1
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users sticker at wrong position |1.8.A.1a|1
Rear brake binding1
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))1
Rear fog lamp obviously incorrectly positioned Not On The OffSide |1.3.2a|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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