MOT History from tests of diesel VOLVO V70s year 2004

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Pass percent:60.57%

(The average a diesel VOLVO V70 year 2004 passes without issue)

Based on:57,818 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	5017
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3617
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2075
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1825
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1771
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1763
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1607
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	676
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	666
Registration plate issues	663
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	580
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	579
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	569
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	560
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	525
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	510
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	503
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	484
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	483
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	435
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	425
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	392
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	359
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	334
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	324
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	322
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	308
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	307
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	305
Rear brake binding	295
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	270
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	245
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	231
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	230
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	217
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	207
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	205
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	196
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	189
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	188
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	186
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	175
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	172
Front brake application uneven	170
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	169
Windscreen washer not working	168
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	167
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	162
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	157
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	154
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	147
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	144
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	143
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	142
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	139
Windscreen has damage	138
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	133
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	131
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	130
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	129
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	127
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	127
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	121
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	118
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	117
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	114
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	113
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	112
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))	112
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	110
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	108
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	108
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	107
Rear brake application uneven	103
Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	102
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	95
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	95
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	91
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	90
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	89
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	89
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	87
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	86
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	86
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	85
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	85
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	83
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	82
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	82
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	81
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	81
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	79
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	77
Nearside Upper Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	75
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	75
Front brake excessively fluctuating	75
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	70

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 diesel VOLVO V70s year 2004

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