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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN KARMENs year 1971

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Pass percent:60.00%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN KARMEN year 1971 passes without issue)
Based on:40 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment10
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|4
Horn not working |1.6.2a|4
Rear brake binding3
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|3
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|2
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|2
Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|2
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|2
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Bootlid cannot be secured in the closed position |6.4.1|2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|2
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|2
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Nearside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps |4.1.3 |b||1
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position |3.1 |b| |i||1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Nearside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Front Brake pipe fouled by moving parts |3.6.B.2a|1
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis is damaged, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not in good working order |function impaired| |1.1.4a|1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Front Brake pipe fouled by moving parts |3.6.B.2a|1
Nearside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Offside Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Rear Brake pipe inadequately clipped |3.6.B.1|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired |2.4.A.3|1
Brake hose damaged1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear rear brake grabbing severely |3.7.A.5b|1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|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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