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MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN EIGHTs year 1939

Review the list of common AUSTIN EIGHT failures below or to perform a specific mot history check on your AUSTIN then use our popular KnowYourCar service

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Pass percent:86.36%
(The average a petrol AUSTIN EIGHT year 1939 passes without issue)
Based on:66 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Horn not working |1.6.2a|2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Registration plate issues2
Offside Rear Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly |1.4.C.1a|1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm does not retract smoothly |1.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Front Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Nearside Front Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting fractured |2.4.G.1|1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Front position lamp|s| not in good working order |function impaired| |1.1.4a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| incomplete |1.1.4a|1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp|s| incomplete |1.1.4a|1
Brake servo leaking |3.6.C.1c|1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))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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