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MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO S40s year 2012

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mot history
Pass percent:81.15%
(The average a petrol VOLVO S40 year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:2,775 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment108
Registration plate lamp issues44
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively44
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))42
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))32
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|18
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))16
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))15
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))14
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|14
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|14
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||14
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))9
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||9
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||8
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))8
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))8
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||8
Registration plate issues7
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))7
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|7
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|6
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))6
Offside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i))6
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak5
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened5
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))4
Windscreen washer not working 4
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|4
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|4
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))4
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))4
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))4
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle3
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))3
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))3
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))3
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))3
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|3
Headlamp aim out of alignment3
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement rear bush |2.4.G.2|2
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn |1.1.14 |a| |i||2
Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn |1.1.14 |a| |i||2
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect |4.1.2 |c||2
Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|2
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing (1.1.2 (c))2
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))2
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||2
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))2
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii))2
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|2
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))2
Nearside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i))2
Offside Rear Valve stem seriously damaged |4.1.D.1e|2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))2
Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour both |4.4.3 |a||2
Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))2
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))2
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))2
Offside Rear Stop lamp|s| not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii||2
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Offside Side repeater excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.4.A.2e|2
Front Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (6.1.4 (a) (i))2
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))2
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))2
Offside Front Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))2

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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