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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLFs year 2013

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mot history
Pass percent:83.73%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLF year 2013 passes without issue)
Based on:286,225 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively10175
Headlamp aim out of alignment7169
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1915
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1628
Registration plate lamp issues1497
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))1370
Registration plate issues1276
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1240
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1166
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1165
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1145
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1100
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|960
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault864
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))766
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|610
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))607
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened599
Windscreen washer not working 589
Windscreen has damage524
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))504
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))461
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))447
Brakes imbalanced across an axle423
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))413
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))400
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||391
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))375
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))358
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|343
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|302
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))298
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|227
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))221
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened215
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||194
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))174
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||170
Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))166
Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))160
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||158
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))158
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|157
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))153
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))149
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))147

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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