MOT History from tests of o VOLVO S40s year 2001

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Pass percent:47.62%

(The average a o VOLVO S40 year 2001 passes without issue)

Based on:21 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	2
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Macpherson strut upper support bearing is rough in operation \|2.5.B.1b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	1
Rear Fuel system component insecure \|7.2.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Fuel system component insecure \|7.2.1\|	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	2
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Macpherson strut upper support bearing is rough in operation \|2.5.B.1b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	1
Rear Fuel system component insecure \|7.2.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Fuel system component insecure \|7.2.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of o VOLVO S40s year 2001

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