VOLVO Vehicle check

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Vehicle check

Amalgamated Vehicle checks of VOLVO vehicles

Our proprietary algorithms have number crunched over 9,557,666 VOLVO Vehicle checks and ranked the reasons that VOLVOs fail their tests. Use this service to help find a new vehicle that’s right for you or get ready for your own VOLVO's check.

Some examples of the most common issues are:
Nearside Side repeater insecure  Occurs:902 times
Nearside Front Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:974 times
Offside Front coil spring cracked  Occurs:753 times
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured  Occurs:640 times
Horn not working aii Occurs:818 times
Nearside Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) Occurs:661 times
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure  Occurs:1,393 times
Rear Exhaust mounting missing  Occurs:4,699 times
Offside Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings  Occurs:1,809 times
Centre Rear Statutory seat belt missing  Occurs:932 times
Offside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced (4.1.4 (b)) Occurs:1,031 times
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:6,521 times
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) Occurs:5,549 times
brake disc excessively pitted  Occurs:622 times
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) Occurs:886 times
Offside Front Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc  Occurs:1,009 times
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect  Occurs:11,063 times
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) Occurs:16,702 times
Offside Front coil spring incomplete  Occurs:4,011 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:4,173 times
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured  Occurs:640 times
Front position lamp not working  Occurs:11,731 times
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Occurs:27,354 times
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt bii Occurs:612 times
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort  Occurs:5,264 times
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