MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN 7s year 1938

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Pass percent:93.24%

(The average a petrol AUSTIN 7 year 1938 passes without issue)

Based on:207 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Centre Front Leaf spring anchor bracket loose \|2.4.B.6a\|	1
Offside Front Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Brake clevis joint locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Front Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps \|1.7.4b\|	1
Rear Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm \|2.2.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Halfshaft bolt missing \|4.2.B.3\|	1
Fuel pipe leaking under bonnet \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	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
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Centre Front Leaf spring anchor bracket loose \|2.4.B.6a\|	1
Offside Front Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Brake clevis joint locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Front Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps \|1.7.4b\|	1
Rear Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm \|2.2.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Halfshaft bolt missing \|4.2.B.3\|	1
Fuel pipe leaking under bonnet \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN 7s year 1938

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