MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN T5s year 1980

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Pass percent:41.67%

(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN T5 year 1980 passes without issue)

Based on:12 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	3
Registration plate issues	2
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases tail pipe \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Body has a projection caused by corrosion door step \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Front Body has a projection caused by corrosion door step \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Exhaust engine idle speed too high \|7.3.A.2a\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	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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Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	3
Registration plate issues	2
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases tail pipe \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Body has a projection caused by corrosion door step \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Front Body has a projection caused by corrosion door step \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Exhaust engine idle speed too high \|7.3.A.2a\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN T5s year 1980

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