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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN SALOONs year 1970

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mot history
Pass percent:60.00%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN SALOON year 1970 passes without issue)
Based on:60 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment12
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|4
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle4
Registration plate lamp issues4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively4
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|2
Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Horn not working |1.6.2a|2
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Registration plate issues2
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Offside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Offside Front Outer Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Nearside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings sill |rear jacking point| |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Driver`s door hinge insecure door frame split |6.2.B.2|1
Battery insecure under rear seat |1.9.1|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding |1.2.1 |f||1
Oil leaking continuously from engine posing a serious risk to road safety |8.4.1 |a| |ii||1
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working side light |4.2.1 |a||1
Offside Front Sub-frame corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced |6.1.1 |c| |i||1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Front All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Front Sub-frame corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced |6.1.1 |c| |i||1
Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Nearside Front Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure |5.2.1a|1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Offside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Front Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.2.A.1a|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Rear All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Front Torsion bar deteriorated by corrosion so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened |2.4.E.1b|1
Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
passenger door does not latch securely closed |6.2.B.1a|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly |1.4.B.1e|1
Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Inner Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Front Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Seat belt has a cut which has significantly weakened the webbing |5.2.2a|1
Nearside Front Seat belt affected by an insecure seat fixing |5.2.1b|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is fractured |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| incorrect colour |1.1.A.3e|1
Nearside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Offside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|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.

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