MOT History from tests of petrol ALVIS TAs year 1952

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Pass percent:69.23%

(The average a petrol ALVIS TA year 1952 passes without issue)

Based on:39 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	3
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	2
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Inner Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Rear Brake pivot excessively damaged and seriously weakened \|3.5.1e\|	1
Brake pedal has no servo assistance \|3.3.B.2\|	1
Brake has no servo assistance \|3.3.B.2\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Brake pipe kinked \|3.6.B.2b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp emits other than a steady red light \|1.2.1e\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Offside Front Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Inner Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	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
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	3
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	2
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Inner Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Rear Brake pivot excessively damaged and seriously weakened \|3.5.1e\|	1
Brake pedal has no servo assistance \|3.3.B.2\|	1
Brake has no servo assistance \|3.3.B.2\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Brake pipe kinked \|3.6.B.2b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp emits other than a steady red light \|1.2.1e\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Offside Front Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Inner Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol ALVIS TAs year 1952

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