MOT Check for VOLVO 850s

The VOLVO 850 makes up 352,540 of the overall 8,314,029 VOLVO MOT test results. Select your 850 model year below to find the specific problems.

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Some examples of the most common issues are:
Offside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced  Occurs:61 times
Nearside Outer Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:57 times
Offside Obligatory mirror does not provide a view to the rear  Occurs:24 times
Offside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint  Occurs:97 times
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured  Occurs:99 times
Nearside Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:27 times
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in an outer ball joint  Occurs:26 times
Offside Rear Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure  Occurs:27 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar worn and seriously weakened  Occurs:18 times
Offside Front Wheel nut missing  Occurs:30 times
Offside Rear position lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance  Occurs:44 times
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases a Occurs:18 times
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush  Occurs:52 times
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users  Occurs:482 times
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside  Occurs:26 times
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort Occurs:5,870 times
Offside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter split  Occurs:1,275 times
Nearside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc  Occurs:21 times
Nearside Front Road wheel badly damaged  Occurs:43 times
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) Occurs:27 times
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle  Occurs:25 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:43 times
Offside Front Brake hose twisted  Occurs:48 times
Offside rear brake juddering severely  Occurs:234 times
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side a Occurs:22 times
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