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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSATs year 2013

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mot history
Pass percent:81.11%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT year 2013 passes without issue)
Based on:102,235 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2599
Headlamp aim out of alignment2314
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))899
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault897
Registration plate issues503
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak469
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak447
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))444
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))378
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))364
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))348
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))343
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))339
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|324
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))318
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a||299
Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunction (2.6 (a))289
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened276
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))273
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|206
Windscreen washer not working 195
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|191
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))186
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))181
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))179
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))178
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))155
Windscreen has damage154
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))150
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))146
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))145
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))143
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened141
Registration plate lamp issues140
Brakes imbalanced across an axle137
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))137
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))128
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))126
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))124
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))121
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))117
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))115
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||113
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))97
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))94
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|93
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||93
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault |7.12 |e||91
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))88
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))86
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))85
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))84
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))83
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||77
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))76
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|74
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|73
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||69
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))67
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||66
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))63
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))63
Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunction |2.6 |a||63
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))61
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|60

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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