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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSATs year 2009

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mot history
Pass percent:71.66%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT year 2009 passes without issue)
Based on:227,294 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment9002
Registration plate lamp issues6700
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively4776
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))2835
Registration plate issues1588
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1435
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1388
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1320
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))1287
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1149
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1147
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1115
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))1110
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))1092
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|1021
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|841
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|837
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|768
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened739
Brakes imbalanced across an axle729
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|700
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))683
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|669
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak663
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|662
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))628
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak622
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))618
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))597
Windscreen washer not working 593
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))584
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|542
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))536
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))526
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||526
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))504
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||497
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))496
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak481
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))459
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|452
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||449
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|424
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))423
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))417
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|415
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||414
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|411
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened392
Windscreen has damage382
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|377
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))373
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||370
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|365
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak364
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||348
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|347
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||308
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))303
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))303
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))297
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))294
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|288
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|285
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|284
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault283
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|282
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))272
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|272
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke |7.4.B.3a|268
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |3.1.7|261
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))259
Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))249
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||244
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|234
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))232
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))230
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))218
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||217
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||215
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))215
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))211
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))211
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|208
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))200
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))199
Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunction (2.6 (a))195

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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