MOT History from tests of petrol VW MOTORs year 1973

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Pass percent:53.74%

(The average a petrol VW MOTOR year 1973 passes without issue)

Based on:11,077 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Windscreen washer control missing \|8.2.1a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer deteriorated \|7.2.4c\|	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 Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.2.C.1h\|	1
Rear Trailer electrical socket \|13 pin\| not operating the trailer lamps as intended \|1.9.4\|	1
Towbar fixing obviously of an inappropriate size \|6.6.2\|	1
Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive \|7.3.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Offside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.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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Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Windscreen washer control missing \|8.2.1a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer deteriorated \|7.2.4c\|	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 Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.2.C.1h\|	1
Rear Trailer electrical socket \|13 pin\| not operating the trailer lamps as intended \|1.9.4\|	1
Towbar fixing obviously of an inappropriate size \|6.6.2\|	1
Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive \|7.3.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Offside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VW MOTORs year 1973

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