MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN METROPOLITANs year 1958

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Pass percent:72.92%

(The average a petrol AUSTIN METROPOLITAN year 1958 passes without issue)

Based on:48 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Rear brake binding	2
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	2
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Horn control missing \|1.6.1\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing \|3.3.A.1b\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper blade missing \|8.2.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Nearside Bonnet retaining device ineffective \|8.4.2\|	1
Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair which adversely affects braking or steering \|6.1.A.1\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Offside Front Lower Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Offside Rear Lower Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Front rear brake juddering severely \|3.7.A.5b\|	1
Offside Rear wheel cylinder securing device missing \|3.5.1j\|	1
Mechanical brake component locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Nearside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm \|2.2.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Rear brake binding	2
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	2
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Horn control missing \|1.6.1\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing \|3.3.A.1b\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper blade missing \|8.2.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Nearside Bonnet retaining device ineffective \|8.4.2\|	1
Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair which adversely affects braking or steering \|6.1.A.1\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Offside Front Lower Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Offside Rear Lower Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Front rear brake juddering severely \|3.7.A.5b\|	1
Offside Rear wheel cylinder securing device missing \|3.5.1j\|	1
Mechanical brake component locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Nearside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm \|2.2.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN METROPOLITANs year 1958

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