MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN GOLFs year 2017

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Pass percent:91.45%

(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN GOLF year 2017 passes without issue)

Based on:133,708 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	6967
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1749
Registration plate issues	419
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	362
Windscreen washer not working	210
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	172
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	170
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	162
Registration plate lamp issues	161
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	116
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a))	82
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	81
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))	80
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	73
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	55
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))	55
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	48
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))	47
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	46
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	44
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	41
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	41
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	36

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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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN GOLFs year 2017

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