MOT History from tests of petrol AC MEs year 1985

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Pass percent:76.47%

(The average a petrol AC ME year 1985 passes without issue)

Based on:34 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Registration plate issues	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Offside Rear Torque/reaction arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing \|2.1.3 \|g\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	1
Steering wheel locking device insecure \|2.1.6\|	1
Nearside Windscreen wiper blade missing \|8.2.2\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper blade missing \|8.2.2\|	1
Nearside Obligatory mirror missing \|8.1.1\|	1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing \|8.1.1\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Lower Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Registration plate issues	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Offside Rear Torque/reaction arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing \|2.1.3 \|g\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	1
Steering wheel locking device insecure \|2.1.6\|	1
Nearside Windscreen wiper blade missing \|8.2.2\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper blade missing \|8.2.2\|	1
Nearside Obligatory mirror missing \|8.1.1\|	1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing \|8.1.1\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Lower Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1

MOT History from tests of petrol AC MEs year 1985

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