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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN EOSs year 2008

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mot history
Pass percent:76.75%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN EOS year 2008 passes without issue)
Based on:25,098 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment1024
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively718
Registration plate lamp issues254
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))184
Registration plate issues180
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))133
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))126
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|119
Windscreen washer not working 101
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))96
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|94
Brakes imbalanced across an axle93
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened91
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))80
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened69
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|68
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|68
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))67
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|67
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))65
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))60
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))54
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||54
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))51
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|51
Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault |3.4.1c|50
Nearside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|50
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))50
Nearside 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|45
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault45
Rear brake binding43
Nearside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|43
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))42
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))41
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))39
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))39
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||38
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))38
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||35
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` |8.3.1e|35
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))34
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|34
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))32
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||31
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|31
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))31
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||30
Windscreen has damage30
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))28
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||26
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))26
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))25
Offside Side repeater not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii||25
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))24
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))24
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||24
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|24
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))23
Nearside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|23
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|22
Offside Front Drivers door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))22
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|22
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak22
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))21
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))21
Nearside Front Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|21
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort21
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))20
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))20
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||20
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding |1.2.1 |f||19
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))19
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak19
Drivers door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))19
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak19
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))19
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|19
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))18
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|18

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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