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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLKSWAGEN WESTFALIAs year 1973

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Pass percent:63.46%
(The average a petrol VOLKSWAGEN WESTFALIA year 1973 passes without issue)
Based on:52 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment6
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Rear brake application uneven2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Brake pedal spongy |3.3.B.1b|2
Rear brake binding2
Offside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp|s| incorrect colour |1.1.A.3e|1
Steering column flexible coupling is excessively deteriorated |2.1.5|1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Brake valve leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|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
Fuel cap/sealing device mounting flange/sealing method defective |7.2.4c|1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Nearside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii||1
Horn not working |7.7 |a| |ii||1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Nearside Lower Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Upper Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Rear Battery insecure |1.9.1|1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|1
Nearside Rear Valve stem seriously misaligned (5.2.3 (j))1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|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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