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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO V40s year 2008

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mot history
Pass percent:61.90%
(The average a diesel VOLVO V40 year 2008 passes without issue)
Based on:84 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment5
Registration plate lamp issues4
Offside Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))2
Nearside Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.1.3 |g| |ii||2
Central Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a))2
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))2
Exhaust on a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour (8.2.2.2 (d))1
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm severely distorted |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Side repeater missing |1.4.A.2b|1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||1
Offside Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Nearside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine |7.4.B.3b|1
Oil leaking excessively from engine from Turbo area running down DPF (8.4.1 (a) (i))1
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))1
Exhaust diesel particulate filter shows evidence of tampering. (8.2.2.1 (c))1
Nearside Rear Lower Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1
Offside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||1
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||1
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 1.5m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b))1
Central Exhaust emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak (8.2.2.1 (b))1
Nearside Front Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|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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