Side repeaters not working on the Volkswagen Golf

Side repeaters not working on the Volkswagen Golf is recorded on 24,253 tests — 0.8% of all its MOT tests, against 0.3% across every car in the data. That is 2.7× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.3% of tests record it — this model is 2.7× that share
The 201 models compared	29 of 201, highest first
The model's own record	3,105,148 tests · every year of the Golf →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volkswagen Golf tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2000, 0.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2012, 0.6%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2004 at 1.1%; best 2012 at 0.6%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	282	34,220	0.8%
2001	504	61,128	0.8%
2002	919	108,052	0.8%
2003	1,130	126,564	0.9%
2004	1,154	100,778	1.1%
2005	1,483	155,862	0.9%
2006	2,008	229,610	0.9%
2007	2,635	309,954	0.8%
2008	2,577	308,352	0.8%
2009	2,486	335,590	0.7%
2010	2,651	345,524	0.8%
2011	2,690	384,316	0.7%
2012	2,204	387,990	0.6%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £5–£25 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Side repeaters not working: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Volkswagen Golf MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Volkswagen model →