VOLKSWAGEN Vehicle check

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Vehicle check

Amalgamated Vehicle checks of VOLKSWAGEN vehicles

Our proprietary algorithms have number crunched over 47,194,937 VOLKSWAGEN Vehicle checks and ranked the reasons that VOLKSWAGENs fail their tests. Use this service to help find a new vehicle that’s right for you or get ready for your own VOLKSWAGEN's check.

Some examples of the most common issues are:
Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) Occurs:9,246 times
Front passenger door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle  Occurs:17,671 times
Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective (6.1.3 (b) (i)) Occurs:14,884 times
Nearside Front Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle  Occurs:4,124 times
Power steering pipe or hose leaking  Occurs:5,614 times
Exhaust emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak (8.2.1.1 (b)) Occurs:10,288 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar rubber mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement  Occurs:6,737 times
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour  Occurs:6,684 times
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) Occurs:20,611 times
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:16,765 times
Offside Front Bonded suspension unit deteriorated and cannot function as intended  Occurs:4,204 times
Nearside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced  Occurs:8,876 times
rear brake recording little or no effort  Occurs:4,377 times
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced  Occurs:6,883 times
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour  Occurs:52,536 times
Nearside Rear position lamp has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating  Occurs:3,865 times
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam aii Occurs:16,479 times
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:39,279 times
Exhaust system not adequately supported  Occurs:55,091 times
Front Macpherson strut has excessive movement at the upper attachment  Occurs:4,252 times
Offside Rear Wheel bolt missing  Occurs:10,171 times
Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated  Occurs:3,577 times
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:42,896 times
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc  Occurs:16,086 times
Offside Rear Rear position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp  Occurs:3,932 times
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