MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN VWs year 1958

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Pass percent:9.09%

(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN VW year 1958 passes without issue)

Based on:11 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	7
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	5
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Rear brake application uneven	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Fuel pipe insecure going to pump \|7.2.1\|	1
Rear engine mounting bracket insecure and likely to fail \|6.1.D.1b\|	1
Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1
Offside Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement \|3.3.A.5\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Steering linkage repaired by welding \|2.2.C.1e\|	1
Offside Steering linkage repaired by welding \|2.2.C.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake hose leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Brake master cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid \|3.6.G.1f\|	1
Offside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear Exhaust mounting missing \|7.1.1b\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear Hydraulic brake cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear Electrical wiring insecure \|1.9.2a\|	1
Rear Electrical wiring inadequately supported \|1.9.2a\|	1
Offside Inner Front Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	7
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	5
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Rear brake application uneven	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Fuel pipe insecure going to pump \|7.2.1\|	1
Rear engine mounting bracket insecure and likely to fail \|6.1.D.1b\|	1
Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1
Offside Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement \|3.3.A.5\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Steering linkage repaired by welding \|2.2.C.1e\|	1
Offside Steering linkage repaired by welding \|2.2.C.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake hose leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Brake master cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid \|3.6.G.1f\|	1
Offside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear Exhaust mounting missing \|7.1.1b\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear Hydraulic brake cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear Electrical wiring insecure \|1.9.2a\|	1
Rear Electrical wiring inadequately supported \|1.9.2a\|	1
Offside Inner Front Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN VWs year 1958

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