MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN UNKNOWNs year 1961

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Pass percent:79.31%

(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN UNKNOWN year 1961 passes without issue)

Based on:29 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement \|3.3.A.5\|	2
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a pin or bush of a lower wishbone inner bearing king pin \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a pin or bush of a lower wishbone inner bearing \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	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
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer missing \|7.2.4c\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator flashing more than 120 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Trailer electrical socket insecure \|1.9.3a\|	1
Electrical wiring deteriorated and bare connector exposed \|1.9.2c\|	1
Speedometer cannot be illuminated. \|6.7.3\|	1
Fuel tank insecure \|7.2.1\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Offside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Obligatory mirror missing rear view \|8.1.1\|	1
Offside Front Steering pivot point has excessive play king pin \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Offside Rear Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	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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Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement \|3.3.A.5\|	2
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a pin or bush of a lower wishbone inner bearing king pin \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a pin or bush of a lower wishbone inner bearing \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	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
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer missing \|7.2.4c\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator flashing more than 120 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Trailer electrical socket insecure \|1.9.3a\|	1
Electrical wiring deteriorated and bare connector exposed \|1.9.2c\|	1
Speedometer cannot be illuminated. \|6.7.3\|	1
Fuel tank insecure \|7.2.1\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Offside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Obligatory mirror missing rear view \|8.1.1\|	1
Offside Front Steering pivot point has excessive play king pin \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Offside Rear Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN UNKNOWNs year 1961

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