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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSATs year 2008

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mot history
Pass percent:72.13%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT year 2008 passes without issue)
Based on:270,347 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment10839
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively6226
Registration plate lamp issues4822
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))2417
Registration plate issues1862
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1586
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1574
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1531
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1499
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1498
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1296
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1287
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))1224
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1108
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1080
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))1067
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1013
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))999
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |3.1.7|951
Windscreen washer not working 905
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))898
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))869
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|841
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|816
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened766
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|759
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|747
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine |7.4.B.3b|729
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|681
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||675
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|674
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke |7.4.B.3a|667
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))654
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))653
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))641
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))634
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|603
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|602
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))579
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))579
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak575
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|574
Windscreen has damage555
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak553
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort531
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))526
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|510
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||508
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|501
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||494
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||483
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||475
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|472
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault462
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))457
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))439
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))438
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|436
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))428
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))426
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|421
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|417
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))409
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||396
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))392
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))392
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer`s specified limit |8.2.2.2 |a||386
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))372
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|368
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||367
Rear brake binding355
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||352
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak351
Nearside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|345
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))340
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))333
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` |8.3.1e|328
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||313
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened306
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|304
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|300
Drivers door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))299
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|298
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|290
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))274
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak273
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|271
Nearside Front Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|267
Nearside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|263
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))258
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|258
Nearside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|255
Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))237
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |1.1.6 |e||234
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|233
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))229

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.

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