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MOT History from tests of diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLFs year 2010

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mot history
Pass percent:76.42%
(The average a diesel VOLKSWAGEN GOLF year 2010 passes without issue)
Based on:383,956 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment14950
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively10631
Registration plate lamp issues4214
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))2401
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))2316
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))2284
Registration plate issues2171
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))1823
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))1773
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1737
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1481
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1464
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1452
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1427
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1365
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1333
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1291
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1205
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))1181
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1174
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))1158
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault1110
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1086
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1053
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1008
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|977
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|937
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))906
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|876
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))873
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|872
Windscreen has damage869
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))846
Windscreen washer not working 830
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))819
Rear brake binding813
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|803
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))722
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))722
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||693
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))692
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))611
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))597
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||594
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))590
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))573
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened559
Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a))545
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|545
Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|536
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||520
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))515
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|515
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))507
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened502
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||500
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|482
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))467
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||463
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))459
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))453
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||446
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))443
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|442
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||437
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))434
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))428
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|422
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))404
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))393
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))382
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))379
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))365
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))355
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))350
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||345
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))344
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))332
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|329
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||329
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position (3.1 (b) (i))326
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|323
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))314
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))311
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|304
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii||304
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|301
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))299
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|296
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))290
Nearside Side repeater not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii||289
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding |1.2.1 |f||281
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort276

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.

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