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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSATs year 1981

Review the list of common VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT failures below or to perform a specific mot history check on your VOLKSWAGEN then use our popular KnowYourCar service

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Pass percent:16.67%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT year 1981 passes without issue)
Based on:6 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment3
Registration plate lamp issues2
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine |7.4.B.2|1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter insecurely mounted to its housing |2.5.C.1a|1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split |2.5.C.1a|1
Offside Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure |3.6.B.3|1
Rear brake application uneven1
rear brakes release unevenly |3.7.B.4|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
front brake juddering severely |3.7.A.2b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is inadequately repaired |5.2.6|1
Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|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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