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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN PANELs year 1972

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mot history
Pass percent:61.11%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN PANEL year 1972 passes without issue)
Based on:36 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Drag link end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Stop lamp(s) light intensity significantly reduced Bulbs fitted incorrectly (4.3.3 (a) (ii))1
Windscreen washer not working 1
Horn not working |7.7 |a| |ii||1
Stop lamp|s| all not working |4.3.1 |a| |iii||1
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding |1.2.1 |f||1
Steering box has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.3 |a| |i||1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Rear brake binding1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Centre Front Steering pivot point has excessive play |2.2.B.1g|1
Nearside Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure |3.6.B.3|1
Registration plate issues1
Offside Inner Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching by more than 10mm within zone `A` |8.3.1b|1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Front brake application uneven1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|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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