MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO 265s year 1980

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Pass percent:65.22%

(The average a petrol VOLVO 265 year 1980 passes without issue)

Based on:46 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	2
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Rear brake binding	2
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))	1
Offside Front Brake hose excessively damaged rearmost hose (1.1.12 (b) (ii))	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Rear Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Offside Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding \|1.2.1 \|f\|\|	1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding \|1.2.1 \|f\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt has a cut which has significantly weakened the webbing \|5.2.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	1
Offside Rear Valve stem seriously misaligned \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	1
Nearside Front Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Macpherson strut severely distorted \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively scored \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	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
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	2
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Rear brake binding	2
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))	1
Offside Front Brake hose excessively damaged rearmost hose (1.1.12 (b) (ii))	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Rear Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Offside Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding \|1.2.1 \|f\|\|	1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding \|1.2.1 \|f\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt has a cut which has significantly weakened the webbing \|5.2.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	1
Offside Rear Valve stem seriously misaligned \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	1
Nearside Front Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Macpherson strut severely distorted \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively scored \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO 265s year 1980

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