MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S40s year 2006

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Pass percent:68.26%

(The average a diesel VOLVO S40 year 2006 passes without issue)

Based on:32,509 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	2376
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1473
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	618
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	453
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	275
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	264
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	264
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	236
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	231
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	222
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	203
Registration plate issues	198
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	189
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	166
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	161
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	149
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	149
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	145
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	123
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	117
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	114
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	108
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	102
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	100
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	98
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	97
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	93
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	93
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	93
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	90
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	87
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	85
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	84
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	84
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	84
Rear brake binding	81
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	77
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	74
Windscreen has damage	73
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	72
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	72
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	70
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	66
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	66
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	66
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	65
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	64
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	63
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	61
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	61
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	60
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	59
Windscreen washer not working	58
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	58
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	58
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	57
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	55
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	54
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	54
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	54
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	53
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	52
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	52
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	51
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	50
Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault \|3.4.1c\|	50
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	50
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	49
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	48
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	48
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	47
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	47
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	46
Offside Front Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	45
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	45
Front brake excessively fluctuating	45
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	45
Nearside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	43
Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	43
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	43
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	41
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	40
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	40
Registration plate lamp issues	40
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	39
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	39
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	39
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	38
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	38
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	38
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	38
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	37
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	37
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	36
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	36
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	35
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	35
Nearside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	34
Offside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	34
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	34
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	33
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	32
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	32
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	32
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))	32
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	32
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	31
Offside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	31
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	31

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 2006

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