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MOT History from tests of petrol AC COBRAs year 1972

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mot history
Pass percent:84.24%
(The average a petrol AC COBRA year 1972 passes without issue)
Based on:203 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment9
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|8
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|5
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort5
Horn not working |1.6.2a|4
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|3
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|2
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure |5.2.1a|1
Offside Front Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure |5.2.1a|1
Nearside Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Offside Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Nearside Rear Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Offside Rear Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Indicator tell tale inoperative |1.4.A.2a|1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Steering column universal joint locking device insecure |2.1.6|1
Nearside Rear Upper Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Nearside Rear Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Offside Front An item not tested |Manual|1
Nearside Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Centre Brake pipe inadequately supported |3.6.B.1|1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing |3.3.A.1b|1
Offside Rear Brake lining|s| less than 1.5 mm thick |3.5.1g|1
Nearside Front An item not tested |Manual|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Offside Track rod end loose |2.2.B.1d|1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Upper Steering column universal joint insecure |2.1.5|1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Nearside Rear Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only |3.1.2|1
Offside Rear Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only |3.1.2|1
Nearside Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated |3.1.3c|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Headlamp aim not tested |1.8.A.1c|1
Electrical wiring deteriorated, likely to cause a short |1.9.2b|1
Hydraulic brake cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid |3.6.A.1|1
Nearside Rear Brake pivot has restricted free movement |3.5.1k|1
Offside Rear Brake pivot has restricted free movement |3.5.1k|1
Rear brake binding1
Brake hose has insufficient room to move1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Rear Brake cable has wires broken and is significantly weakened |3.5.1b|1
Nearside Rear Fuel hose leaking |7.2.3|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Offside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings |2.2.B.1h|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.7.5c|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Nearside Front Suspension has inadequate clearance with the chassis |2.4.A.1a|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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