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Common Cupra Formentor V1 Tsi S A MOT failures

Based on 6,796 Cupra Formentor V1 Tsi S A tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Cupra Formentor V1 Tsi S A

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 2,665 tests (39.2%)
Brakes 1,097 tests (16.1%)
Visibility 336 tests (4.9%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 92 tests (1.4%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 50 tests (0.7%)
Other equipment 44 tests (0.6%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 6,796 classifiable tests for Cupra Formentor V1 Tsi S A.

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What Cupra Formentor V1 Tsi S A failures look like

6,796 Cupra Formentor V1 Tsi S A tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 2,665 tests (39.2%), with brakes on 1,097 tests (16.1%) and with visibility on 336 tests (4.9%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 1,783 of the 6,796 tests: 309 failures and 1,474 advisories or minors.

  • Shock absorbers has light misting of oil

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.2, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 779 of the 6,796 tests: 130 failures and 649 advisories or minors.

  • Brake pad(s) wearing thin

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.13, in brakes

    Recorded on 691 of the 6,796 tests: 87 failures and 604 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Cupra Formentor V2 Tsi S A (12,077 tests), Cupra Born (11,455 tests), Cupra Formentor (9,011 tests), Cupra Formentor Vz2 Tsi 4drive S A (5,143 tests), every Cupra model (65,482 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.