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Volkswagen LT - 1997

436.4 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 1997 is 338.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Volkswagen LT, model year 1997. Sample size: 112 cars, 217 tests and 947 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 112 cars

The 1997 Volkswagen LT has an overall defect rate of 436 per 100 vehicles, which is 30% higher than the average for cars of the same year, at 335 per 100 vehicles. Notably, this model exhibits significantly more issues with brakes, visibility, lights and electrics, and body structure compared to the average, with brake defects being particularly high at 265 per 100 vehicles versus 141 for the average. On the positive side, it performs better in the equipment category, recording defects at 12 per 100 compared to the average of 21. Mileage trends indicate that defect rates rise with distance, particularly in the highest mileage category of over 124,000 miles, which shows 585 defects per 100 vehicles.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 112 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▼ 88.1% worse
265.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 141.1 / 100 tests
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Flexible brake hose: excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
  • Service brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
Steering
▼ 10.9% worse
30.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 27.4 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
Visibility
▼ 57.1% worse
39.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.2 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • An obstruction: within the driver’s field of view that materially affects his view in front or to the sides outside the swept area of windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 57.6% worse
103.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 65.5 / 100 tests
  • A battery insecure: but not likely to fall from carrier
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 2.2% better
245.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 250.7 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A wheel bearing: with excessive play
  • The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm … is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
  • A shock absorber bush excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▼ 36.4% worse
114.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 83.8 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • 6.1.1 (d) (i)
Equipment
▲ 45.7% better
12.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 22.1 / 100 tests
  • is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
  • is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
  • Audible warning:
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
Other
▼ 2.8% worse
62.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.0 / 100 tests
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
  • Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Emissions test unable to be completed

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 585 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 92
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 83
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 59
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 58
Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 47
A shock absorber bush excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 25
A wheel bearing: with excessive play
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 23
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 23
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm … is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 22
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 21

Serious faults (Top 10)

The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm … is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
FAIL
Occurrences: 19
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 17
Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
FAIL
Occurrences: 15
Service brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 11
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 10
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 10
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 10
Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 9
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 8
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 7