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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLFs year 1978

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mot history
Pass percent:60.00%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLF year 1978 passes without issue)
Based on:15 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.6.1|1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Front Brake pedal has no servo assistance |3.3.B.2|1
Nearside Front All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly |1.4.B.1e|1
Indicator tell tale inoperative |1.4.A.2a|1
Exhaust emits dense blue smoke at idle |7.4.A.1|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Offside Vehicle structure excessively corroded within 30cm of towbar mounting |6.6.6|1
Nearside Vehicle structure excessively corroded within 30cm of towbar mounting |6.6.6|1
Centre Vehicle structure excessively corroded within 30cm of towbar mounting |6.6.6|1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user |1.6.2b|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Macpherson strut has excessive movement at the upper attachment |2.5.A.1c|1
Rear brake application uneven1

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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