MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S40s year 2005

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Pass percent:65.68%

(The average a diesel VOLVO S40 year 2005 passes without issue)

Based on:41,160 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2763
Registration plate lamp issues	2599
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	839
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	797
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	667
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	630
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	433
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	351
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	342
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	339
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	321
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	307
Registration plate issues	296
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	263
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	252
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	244
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	199
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	176
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	162
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	161
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	149
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	141
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	140
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	138
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	137
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	136
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	135
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	131
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	131
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	127
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	125
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	125
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	125
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	125
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	123
Rear brake binding	122
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	122
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	122
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	116
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	111
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	109
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	107
Windscreen has damage	105
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	104
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	96
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	94
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	92
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	92
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	92
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	88
Nearside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	88
Offside Front Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	85
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	83
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	83
Windscreen washer not working	82
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	81
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	77
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	77
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	75
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	75
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	74
Nearside Front Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	73
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	72
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	72
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	71
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	70
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	69
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	69
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	66
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	66
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	64
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	61
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	60
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	59
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	59
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	59
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	59
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	58
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	58
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	56
Offside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	56
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	55
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	54
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	54
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	53
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	53
Offside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	52
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	52
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	51
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	51
Nearside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	50
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	49
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	49
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	48
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	47
Rear brake application uneven	47
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	47
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	47
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	46
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	46
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))	46
Front brake application uneven	45
Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	45
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	45
Offside Rear Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	45
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|4.4.3 \|a\|\|	44
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	44
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	44
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	44

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 diesel VOLVO S40s year 2005

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