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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN TYPEs year 1956

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mot history
Pass percent:64.15%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN TYPE year 1956 passes without issue)
Based on:53 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort5
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|4
Horn not working |1.6.2a|3
Registration plate lamp issues3
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|2
Fuel cap/sealing device does not fasten securely maintaining the sealing arrangement |7.2.4b|2
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Centre Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Offside Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement1
Parking brake lever ratchet mechanism is excessively worn |3.1.5|1
Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm |2.2.B.1b|1
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|1
Nearside Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g|1
Offside Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g|1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Nearside Front Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.2.C.1h|1
Offside Front Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.2.C.1h|1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the offside |3.7.C.2|1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Front Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the offside |3.7.C.2|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Stop lamp|s| all not working |4.3.1 |a| |iii||1
Offside Rear Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||1
Nearside Front Steering box leaking to the extent that oil is dripping |2.1.1 |e| |ii||1
Windscreen washer not working 1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing ? |1.1.2 |c||1
An item not tested |Manual|1
Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g|1
Nearside Front passenger door does not latch securely closed |6.2.B.1a|1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Nearside Front Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Brake hose has insufficient room to move1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Front Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Centre Headlamps matched pair are incorrectly positioned |1.7.3|1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the front |1.4.C.1b|1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the rear |1.4.C.1b|1
Nearside Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement |3.3.A.5|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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