MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN 7s year 1931

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Pass percent:92.20%

(The average a petrol AUSTIN 7 year 1931 passes without issue)

Based on:218 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	2
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Tie bar/rod attachment bracket/mounting rivet missing \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn linkage \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Parking brake lever, pawl mechanism pivot\|s\| or their associated mountings locking device insecure \|3.1.4b\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Offside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Wheel insecure \|4.2.A.1c\|	1
Brake pivot locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	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
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	2
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Tie bar/rod attachment bracket/mounting rivet missing \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn linkage \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Parking brake lever, pawl mechanism pivot\|s\| or their associated mountings locking device insecure \|3.1.4b\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Offside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Wheel insecure \|4.2.A.1c\|	1
Brake pivot locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN 7s year 1931

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