MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S80s year 2004

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Pass percent:65.66%

(The average a diesel VOLVO S80 year 2004 passes without issue)

Based on:16,252 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1071
Registration plate lamp issues	1044
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	595
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	552
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	494
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	432
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	329
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	167
Registration plate issues	151
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	145
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	141
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	137
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	125
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	122
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	121
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	117
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	114
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	111
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	105
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	103
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	101
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	91
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	91
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	82
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	79
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	75
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	67
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	64
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	63
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	62
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	59
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	59
Rear brake binding	55
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	51
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	49
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	49
Windscreen has damage	48
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	46
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	46
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	45
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	44
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	44
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	44
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	43
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	43
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	41
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	41
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	40
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	39
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	39
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	36
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	36
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	33
Front brake application uneven	32
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	31
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	31
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	29
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	29
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	28
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	27
Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	26
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	26
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	25
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	24
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	24
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	24
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	23
Rear brake application uneven	23
Windscreen washer not working	23
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	23
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	23
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	23
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	22
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	22
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	22
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	21
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position \|8.4.1\|	21
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	20
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	20
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	20
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	19
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	19
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	19
Nearside Outer Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	19
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))	18
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	18
Nearside Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush \|2.5.A.1c\|	17

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 2004

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