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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO V50s year 2012

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Pass percent:71.60%
(The average a diesel VOLVO V50 year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:26,614 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment1182
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively584
Registration plate lamp issues576
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))475
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))472
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))385
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))378
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|257
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|245
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||190
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||178
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))175
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||168
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))165
Registration plate issues156
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|138
Offside 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|129
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||119
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|100
Windscreen washer not working 95
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))84
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))82
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))79
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||65
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))63
Brakes imbalanced across an axle63
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||62
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|62
Offside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|58
Offside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|53
Nearside Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))52
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))48
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|47
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))44
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))44
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))44
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|43
Nearside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i))41
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii))40
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))38
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|38
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))38
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|38
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))37
Offside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i))37
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))36
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))35
Nearside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|35
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))35
Offside Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))34
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))34
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))33
Nearside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|33
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))32
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii))32
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))29
Windscreen has damage29
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|29
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))28
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|28
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))28
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|28
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))27
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))27
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))26
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))25
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))23

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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