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MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN A40s year 1951

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mot history
Pass percent:86.05%
(The average a petrol AUSTIN A40 year 1951 passes without issue)
Based on:215 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|7
Headlamp aim out of alignment6
Brakes imbalanced across an axle5
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort4
Rear brake application uneven3
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|2
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Horn not working |1.6.2a|2
Rear brake binding2
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.2.A.1a|1
Offside Axle swivel joint has excessive play |2.5.A.3b|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|1
Offside Front coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush |2.5.A.1c|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Rear Fuel pipe union leaking |7.2.3|1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the offside |3.7.C.2|1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect |2.7.5|1
Offside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect |2.7.5|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user |1.6.2b|1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Front brake application uneven1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Stop lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp nearside front light |4.3.3 |b||1
Service brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.2.2 (a) (ii))1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))1
Parking brake lever inoperative (1.1.6 (d))1
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))1
Offside Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))1
Windscreen washer not working 1
Offside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Nearside Outer Track rod end loose |2.2.B.1d|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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