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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S40s year 2012

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mot history
Pass percent:73.09%
(The average a diesel VOLVO S40 year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:9,223 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment397
Registration plate lamp issues193
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))190
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))187
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively180
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))132
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))120
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|100
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|85
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||84
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||77
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||63
Registration plate issues61
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))52
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))49
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|35
Windscreen washer not working 34
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||33
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))31
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|29
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))28
Offside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|27
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))26
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))25
Nearside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i))22
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))21
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))20
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|19
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))18
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||18
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))18
Offside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|17
Offside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i))17
Brakes imbalanced across an axle17
Offside Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))16
Nearside Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))16
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii))16
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||16
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|16
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))15
Offside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|15
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))14
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))14
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))14
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened14
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))13
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))13
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))13
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))13
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))13
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))12
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))11
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))11
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))11
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|11
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))10
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))10
Offside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|10
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt split (6.1.7 (g) (ii))10
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))10
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|10
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault10
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|10
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))9
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))9
Nearside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|9
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|9
Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||9
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|9
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))8
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))8
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|8
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))8
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))8
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))8

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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