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MOT History from tests of diesel VW GOLFs year 2002

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mot history
Pass percent:56.41%
(The average a diesel VW GOLF year 2002 passes without issue)
Based on:39 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate lamp issues3
Registration plate issues2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front Outer Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings sill section |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Suspension component pin or bush excessively worn Wishbone (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))1
Nearside Front Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.1.3 |g| |ii||1
Offside Front Body component corroded and likely to cause injury Wing. |6.2.1 |a| |i||1
Offside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
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|1
Nearside Front Macpherson strut has excessive movement at the upper attachment |2.5.A.1c|1
Offside Front Macpherson strut has excessive movement at the upper attachment |2.5.A.1c|1
Windscreen wiper blade insecure1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting bolt missing |2.4.G.1|1
Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view |8.1.2a|1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine |7.4.B.3b|1
Offside Front coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|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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