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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN VWs year 1966

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mot history
Pass percent:64.00%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN VW year 1966 passes without issue)
Based on:25 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|2
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|2
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|2
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings inner arch |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings inner arch |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Rear wheel cylinder leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Offside Rear wheel cylinder leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Front Parking brake mechanism/associated mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |3.1.9|1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Nearside 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 Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front Brake hose twisted |found during steering lock to lock check| |2.2.D.2b|1
Brake hose has insufficient room to move1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Front Windscreen wiper control missing |8.2.1a|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Nearside Rear Drive shaft which forms part of the suspension coupling gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.4.G.4e|1
Offside Rear Drive shaft which forms part of the suspension coupling gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.4.G.4e|1
Steering system excessively tight on lock to lock |2.2.D.1|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Nearside Front Upper Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.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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