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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN CALIFORNIAs year 2012

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mot history
Pass percent:79.83%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN CALIFORNIA year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:5,988 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment250
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively179
Registration plate lamp issues118
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))111
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))75
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))52
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|46
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault38
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a||27
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|27
Registration plate issues26
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|24
Windscreen washer not working 24
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))22
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))21
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||20
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||16
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))15
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))13
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))12
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak11
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))11
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))11
Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|10
Brakes imbalanced across an axle9
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))8
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))8
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))8
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))7
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))7
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))6
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|6
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working |1.3.1b|6
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))6
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))6
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))6
Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))6
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))6
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))5
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))5
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|4
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))4
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))4
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))4
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))4
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak4
Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii||4
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))4
Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))4
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak4
Offside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|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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