MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S40s year 2006

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Pass percent:68.86%

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

Based on:31,046 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	2322
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1412
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	594
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	453
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	195
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	195
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	189
Registration plate issues	188
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	166
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
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	117
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	116
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	110
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	100
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
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	84
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	84
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	82
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	82
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	81
Rear brake binding	81
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	78
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	77
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 Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	72
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	71
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	70
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	67
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 Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	62
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	61
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	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
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
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	56
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	56
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 Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	52
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	52
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	52
Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault \|3.4.1c\|	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
Windscreen washer not working	47
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	46
Offside Front Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	45
Front brake excessively fluctuating	45
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	44
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	44
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 Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	42
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	40
Registration plate lamp issues	40
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	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
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
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	36
Nearside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	34
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	34
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	32
Nearside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	32
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	32
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	32
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	32
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	32
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	31
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
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	30

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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