MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN KARMANs year 1973

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Pass percent:52.38%

(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN KARMAN year 1973 passes without issue)

Based on:21 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Offside Rear Drive shaft which forms part of the suspension coupling gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.4.G.4e\|	2
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer missing \|7.2.4c\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.4.A.2e\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Offside Rear Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Front Brake hose excessively stretched \|1.1.12 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Brake pipe inadequately supported \|3.6.B.1\|	1

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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Most common failures	No# failures
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Offside Rear Drive shaft which forms part of the suspension coupling gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.4.G.4e\|	2
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer missing \|7.2.4c\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.4.A.2e\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Offside Rear Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Front Brake hose excessively stretched \|1.1.12 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Brake pipe inadequately supported \|3.6.B.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN KARMANs year 1973

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