MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO 400s year 1996

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Pass percent:67.65%

(The average a petrol VOLVO 400 year 1996 passes without issue)

Based on:34 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	4
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	2
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	2
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Nearside Rear Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength sill (5.3.6 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Rear Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength wheel arch (5.3.6 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	1
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Headlamp light intensity severely reduced (4.1.4 (a))	1
Offside Headlamp light intensity severely reduced (4.1.4 (a))	1
Nearside Front Position lamp light intensity significantly reduced (4.2.3 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively damaged significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i))	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i))	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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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO 400s year 1996

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