MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO V 40s year 2003

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Pass percent:18.18%

(The average a diesel VOLVO V 40 year 2003 passes without issue)

Based on:11 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Nearside Inner Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Centre Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Upper Coil spring mounting loose \|2.4.C.3a\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Centre Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Offside Inner Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Outer Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	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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Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Nearside Inner Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Centre Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Upper Coil spring mounting loose \|2.4.C.3a\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Centre Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Offside Inner Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Outer Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO V 40s year 2003

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