MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S60s year 2002

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Pass percent:57.79%

(The average a diesel VOLVO S60 year 2002 passes without issue)

Based on:35,844 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	4916
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2856
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1903
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1627
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1551
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1521
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1349
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1022
Registration plate issues	635
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	634
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	484
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	467
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	453
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	444
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	375
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	369
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	360
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	324
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	316
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	292
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	282
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	278
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	262
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	258
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	257
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	240
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	240
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	238
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	225
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	213
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	210
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	208
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	207
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	201
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	200
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	198
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	187
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	180
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	179
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	179
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	161
Rear brake binding	161
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	156
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	152
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	151
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	143
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	141
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	140
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	139
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	137
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	135
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	135
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	127
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	126
Windscreen has damage	126
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	125
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	122
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	119
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	119
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	116
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	109
Main beam `tell-tale` not working \|1.7.4c\|	109
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	106
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	103
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	101
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	98
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	98
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	90
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	87
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	87
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	85
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	83
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	83
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	82
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	81
Brake hose damaged	81
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	78
Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	77
Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	76
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	74
Front brake application uneven	74
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp does not illuminate \|3.4.1b\|	70
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	70
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	69
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	69
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	69
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	69
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	67
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	67
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.1.4a\|	66
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.1.4a\|	64
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	63
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	62
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	61
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	59
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	59
Offside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	58
Rear brake application uneven	57
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	56
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	56
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	55
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	54
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	54
Offside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	52
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	52
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	52
Offside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	51
Offside Front Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	51
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view \|8.1.2a\|	50
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	47
Offside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	47
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	47
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	47
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	46
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	46
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	46

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 S60s year 2002

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