MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S80s year 2002

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Pass percent:60.31%

(The average a diesel VOLVO S80 year 2002 passes without issue)

Based on:15,741 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	2080
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1224
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	713
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	668
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	574
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	571
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	530
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	475
Registration plate issues	259
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	247
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	211
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	199
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	180
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	154
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	151
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	149
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	149
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	148
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	145
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	144
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	139
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	111
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	109
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	101
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	100
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	98
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	97
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	94
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	94
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	93
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	89
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	88
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	87
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	81
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	75
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	74
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	74
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	72
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	70
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	68
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	64
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	63
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	59
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	58
Windscreen has damage	55
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	54
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	54
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	52
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	50
Front brake application uneven	50
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	48
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	47
Main beam `tell-tale` not working \|1.7.4c\|	46
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	46
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	44
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	44
Rear brake binding	43
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	42
Brake hose damaged	42
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	42
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	41
Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	39
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	39
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	39
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	39
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	39
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	39
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	38
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	38
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	38
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	37
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	37
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	36
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.1.4a\|	34
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	34
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	34
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.1.4a\|	33
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp does not illuminate \|3.4.1b\|	33
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	32
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	32
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	32
Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	32
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	32
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	32
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	31
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	30
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	30
Offside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	29
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	29
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	29
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	28
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	28
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	27
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	27
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	27
Offside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	26
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	26
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	26
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	25
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	24
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	24
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	23
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	23
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	23
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	23
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour \|7.4.B.4\|	22
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	22
Offside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	22
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	22
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	21
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view \|8.1.2a\|	21
Nearside Front All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	20
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	20
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	19
Offside Front All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	19
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	19

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 S80s year 2002

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