MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO S80s year 2005

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Pass percent:67.47%

(The average a diesel VOLVO S80 year 2005 passes without issue)

Based on:16,331 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1110
Registration plate lamp issues	1106
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	474
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	396
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	391
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	357
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	317
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	158
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	153
Registration plate issues	132
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	128
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	124
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	119
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	114
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	113
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	105
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	104
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	102
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	101
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	86
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	84
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	84
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	80
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	70
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	66
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	64
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	63
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	62
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	61
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	55
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	52
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	51
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	50
Rear brake binding	47
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	46
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	45
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	43
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	42
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	41
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	41
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	40
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	39
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	39
Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	35
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	34
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	34
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	33
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	33
Windscreen has damage	32
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	30
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	29
Front brake application uneven	29
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	29
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	29
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	27
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	27
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))	27
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	27
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	27
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	27
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	27
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	26
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	25
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	24
Nearside Outer Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	23
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	23
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	23
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	23
Offside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	23
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	23
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	23
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	22
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	22
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	21
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	21
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	21
Windscreen washer not working	20
Offside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	20
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	20
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	20
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	20
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	19
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	19
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	19
Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	18
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	18
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	18
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	18
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.1.3 \|b\| \|i\|\|	18
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	18
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	17
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	17
Rear brake application uneven	16
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	16
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	16

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 2005

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