OPEL Vehicle check

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Vehicle check

Amalgamated Vehicle checks of OPEL vehicles

Our proprietary algorithms have number crunched over 112,802 OPEL Vehicle checks and ranked the reasons that OPELs fail their tests. Use this service to help find a new vehicle that’s right for you or get ready for your own OPEL's check.

Some examples of the most common issues are:

Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken bi Occurs:41 times
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:26 times
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings Occurs:42 times
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings Occurs:22 times
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Occurs:14 times
Nearside Front All position lamps not working Occurs:17 times
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect Occurs:22 times
Nearside Front Road wheel bead rim badly distorted Occurs:26 times
Offside Rear fog lamp not working Occurs:1,084 times
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced Occurs:70 times
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements Occurs:30 times
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced Occurs:75 times
Nearside Front position lamp incorrect colour Occurs:29 times
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Occurs:1,237 times
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Occurs:804 times
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported Occurs:158 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:31 times
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour Occurs:37 times
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Occurs:82 times
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive Occurs:320 times
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint Occurs:180 times
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released Occurs:29 times
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:26 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint Occurs:138 times
Offside Rear Braking system leaking Occurs:18 times

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