MOT History from tests of petrol AC MEs year 1982

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Pass percent:61.76%

(The average a petrol AC ME year 1982 passes without issue)

Based on:34 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	6
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	4
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Registration plate issues	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Steering system fouling \|2.2.D.2a\|	1
Offside Front Steering system fouling \|2.2.D.2a\|	1
Offside Stop lamp\|s\| not working \|4.3.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|4.4.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Horn not working \|7.7 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	1
Nearside Brake cable insecure \|3.5.1d\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Headlamps matched pair are incorrectly positioned \|1.7.3\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive \|7.3.B.1b\|	1
Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.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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Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	6
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	4
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Registration plate issues	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Steering system fouling \|2.2.D.2a\|	1
Offside Front Steering system fouling \|2.2.D.2a\|	1
Offside Stop lamp\|s\| not working \|4.3.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|4.4.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Horn not working \|7.7 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	1
Nearside Brake cable insecure \|3.5.1d\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Headlamps matched pair are incorrectly positioned \|1.7.3\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive \|7.3.B.1b\|	1
Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol AC MEs year 1982

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