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MOT History from tests of petrol VW BEETLEs year 1978

Review the list of common VW BEETLE failures below or to perform a specific mot history check on your VW then use our popular KnowYourCar service

mot history
Pass percent:58.20%
(The average a petrol VW BEETLE year 1978 passes without issue)
Based on:2,617 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Brake master cylinder/servo mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |3.6.C.3|1
Registration plate issues1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|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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