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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN SPEEDSTERs year 1973

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Pass percent:55.00%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN SPEEDSTER year 1973 passes without issue)
Based on:40 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment9
Horn not working |1.6.2a|4
Rear brake binding3
Registration plate lamp issues2
Registration plate issues2
Offside Rear Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|2
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Nearside Rear position lamp(s) adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.1.A.3f)1
Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.2.1f)1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.4.A.2h)1
Nearside Front Suspension has inadequate clearance with the bump stop (2.4.A.1a)1
Offside Front Suspension has inadequate clearance with the bump stop (2.4.A.1a)1
Front Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated1
Offside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (1.7.5a)1
Offside Direction indicator flashing more than 120 times a minute (1.4.A.2g)1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)1
Nearside Body insecure and dangerous to other road users (6.1.B.1b)1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)1
Exhaust emits clearly visible black smoke during acceleration (7.3.A.2c)1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image (1.2.4a)1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (1.4.A.2c)1
Nearside Rear wheel cylinder leaking (3.6.A.1)1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)1
Offside Front Body or chassis has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)1
Steering wheel locking device insecure (2.1.6)1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure (2.4.G.1)1
Offside Front Upper Radius arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Front brake application uneven1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Parking brake lever ratchet mechanism is broken |3.1.5|1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Speedometer cannot be illuminated. |6.7.3|1
Nearside Front Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded FLOOR AREA. |2.4.A.3|1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Nearside Rear Valve stem seriously damaged |4.1.D.1e|1
Nearside Rear Inner brake drum contaminated by oil |3.5.1h|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.

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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