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MOT History from tests of o VOLVO S40s year 2003

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mot history
Pass percent:45.95%
(The average a o VOLVO S40 year 2003 passes without issue)
Based on:37 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate lamp issues7
Brake pipe excessively corroded5
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|4
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|2
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|2
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|2
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|2
Battery insecure |1.9.1|1
Hazard warning switch faulty |1.4.B.1d|1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Registration plate issues1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position |3.1 |b| |i||1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure and impairing directional stability |5.3.3 |a| |ii||1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||1
Offside Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.1.3 |g| |ii||1
Nearside Rear Brake linkage has restricted free movement hand brake lever on brake caliper |1.1.15 |e||1
Nearside Rear Brake cable has restricted free movement |1.1.15 |e||1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii||1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Nearside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
Nearside Rear Lower Fuel system component insecure |7.2.1|1
Nearside Rear Coil spring not correctly located |2.4.C.2|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1
Offside Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|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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