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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSATs year 2008

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mot history
Pass percent:73.05%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT year 2008 passes without issue)
Based on:249,898 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment10217
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively5869
Registration plate lamp issues4702
Registration plate issues1713
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))1675
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1574
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1499
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1163
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1134
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1108
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1087
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1080
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |3.1.7|951
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))935
Brakes imbalanced across an axle875
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))863
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))858
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|841
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|816
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))805
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))774
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
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened719
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
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))629
Windscreen washer not working 610
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))604
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
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|574
Windscreen has damage555
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort531
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 Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak477
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
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))471
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak459
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))454
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))449
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))446
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|436
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
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||396
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer`s specified limit |8.2.2.2 |a||386
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))376
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))368
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
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))355
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault353
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||352
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 Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))330
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))330
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` |8.3.1e|328
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))318
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))314
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
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))310
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
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 Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))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 Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))282
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))282
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))279
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened278
Offside 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
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
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 Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))229
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))222
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|221
Nearside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|219
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|214
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|213
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||211
Nearside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|206
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak205
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|205
Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3|203

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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