MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO V40s year 2016

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Pass percent:86.81%

(The average a petrol VOLVO V40 year 2016 passes without issue)

Based on:23,063 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	919
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	557
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	385
Headlamp aim out of alignment	355
Registration plate issues	57
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	53
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	53
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	41
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	36
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	30
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	27
Registration plate lamp issues	20
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	19
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	19
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	17
Windscreen washer not working	17
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	16
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	14
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))	14
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	13
Offside Front Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	12
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	12
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	11
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	11
Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	10

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 petrol VOLVO V40s year 2016

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