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MOT History from tests of petrol AC COBRAs year 1965

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Pass percent:87.42%
(The average a petrol AC COBRA year 1965 passes without issue)
Based on:310 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen washer not working 4
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Registration plate lamp issues3
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|3
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2
Horn not working |1.6.2a|2
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|2
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|2
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|2
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Front Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel (1.2.1 (a) (i))1
Offside Front Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel (1.2.1 (a) (i))1
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.D.4|1
Lower Steering column universal joint insecure (2.1.3 (a) (i))1
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1|1
Stop lamp not working Both |1.2.1b|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)1
Rear position lamp(s) adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.1.A.3f)1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Front position lamp(s) incorrect colour (1.1.A.3e)1
Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Offside Upper Steering column universal joint has excessive play |2.1.5|1
Offside Lower Steering column universal joint has excessive play |2.1.5|1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover missing |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear brake caliper has restricted free movement |3.5.1k|1
Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3|1
Nearside Front brake disc contaminated by grease |3.5.1h|1
Offside Front brake disc contaminated by grease |3.5.1h|1
Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps |1.7.4b|1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Nearside Rear Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Road wheel spoke cracked |4.2.A.1b|1
Offside Indicator tell tale inoperative |1.4.A.2a|1
Nearside Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Offside Rear Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Steering rack gaiter insecure |2.2.D.2d|1
Steering column top bearing excessively worn |2.1.2c|1
Battery insecure and likely to fall from carrier |4.13 |a| |ii||1
All position lamps not working |4.2.1 |a||1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.1.3 |g| |ii||1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.1.3 |g| |ii||1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Registration plate issues1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated |3.1.3c|1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1|1
Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Exhaust noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition |7.1.4|1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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