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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLFs year 2017

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mot history
Pass percent:88.80%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLF year 2017 passes without issue)
Based on:149,009 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively5657
Headlamp aim out of alignment2169
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak768
Registration plate lamp issues527
Registration plate issues504
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))481
Windscreen washer not working 409
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak382
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak293
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak292
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))238
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))230
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))210
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))176
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))174
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))156
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))150
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))147
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))136
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened136
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))128
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))124
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))118
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))112
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))110
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))100
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))97
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))95
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened87
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))85
Brakes imbalanced across an axle83
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))77
Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))76
Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))75
Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))65
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))63
Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))59
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))55
Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))54
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))52

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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