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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLFs year 2017

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mot history
Pass percent:89.47%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLF year 2017 passes without issue)
Based on:91,782 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively5027
Headlamp aim out of alignment1278
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak396
Registration plate issues292
Registration plate lamp issues230
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak210
Windscreen washer not working 199
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))168
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))107
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak104
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))97
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak92
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))80
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened72
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))64
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))62
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))61
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))55
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))50
Brakes imbalanced across an axle50
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))47
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))46
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))46
Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))46
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))41
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))41
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))41
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))40
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))39
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))39
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))36
Offside Obligatory mirror missing (3.3 (a))31
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))31
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened30

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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