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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S40s year 2013

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mot history
Pass percent:76.34%
(The average a diesel VOLVO S40 year 2013 passes without issue)
Based on:317 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment15
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))8
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))5
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))5
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively4
Registration plate lamp issues4
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|3
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|3
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))3
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))3
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))2
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))2
Offside Front Inner Prop shaft joint constant velocity boot no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Back (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Central Rear Upper Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b))1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Arms rear bush both sodes (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp|s| not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii||1
Central Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Back (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||1
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt split (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Nearside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view (3.3 (b) (ii))1
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking and braking performance affected (1.1.16 (b) (ii))1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Rear Parking (secondary brake) on a single line braking system has inadequate effort at a wheel (1.3.1 (a) (i))1
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Central Front Undertray insecure (8.1.1 (b) (i))1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))1
Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g))1
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit 0.55 (8.2.2.2 (a))1
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit limit .55, mean opacity 1.27 (8.2.2.2 (a))1
Offside Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1

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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