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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO V40s year 2015

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Pass percent:78.66%
(The average a diesel VOLVO V40 year 2015 passes without issue)
Based on:96,375 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))3847
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))2895
Headlamp aim out of alignment2709
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1683
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))1144
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))777
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))753
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))657
Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b))492
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))463
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault382
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||352
Registration plate issues275
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))259
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))198
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))195
Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))192
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))179
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))173
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer`s specified limit |8.2.2.2 |a||170
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))153
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||150
Windscreen washer not working 148
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))148
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))147
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))141
Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 |8.2.2.2 |b||140
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))135
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))127
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||121
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))118
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))115
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))113
Brakes imbalanced across an axle110
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))100
Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))98
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))91
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))90
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))87
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))87
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))83
Registration plate lamp issues82
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))79
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|74
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened74
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))73
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))72
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))72
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened71
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))71
Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))69
Exhaust on a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour (8.2.2.2 (d))65
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))65
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))62

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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