Volkswagen Vento
Registered from 1993 to 1996.
About this model
The Volkswagen Vento is a small family car, the third generation of the Volkswagen Jetta and the successor to the Volkswagen Jetta (A2). For the third generation, the Jetta name was discontinued, and it was officially renamed the Volkswagen Vento in European countries, following the precedent of naming cars after winds, debuted in 1992. The Jetta 3 debuted in North America in 1993 after production delays and quality problems at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico. The name "Vento" means "wind" in both Portuguese and Italian. It went on sale in most of Europe in the first quarter of the year, though it did not arrive on the British market until September 1992.
From the Wikipedia article Volkswagen Vento (A3), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1993 1.8 petrol. 4 of 12 tests failed.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 50% | 2 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 50% | 2 |
| Suspension | 50% | 2 |
| Body and structure | 25% | 1 |
| Lights and electrics | 25% | 1 |
| Plates and identity | 25% | 1 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A body panel or body component damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- A wheel bearing excessively rough
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 50% of its failures
- Exhaust and emissions — 50% of its failures
- An induction or exhaust leak that could affect emissions levels
- Suspension — 50% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Lights and electrics — 25% of its failures
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 25% of its failures
- A body panel or body component damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- Plates and identity — 25% of its failures