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MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN MINIs year 1998

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mot history
Pass percent:69.44%
(The average a petrol AUSTIN MINI year 1998 passes without issue)
Based on:36 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Registration plate issues2
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))1
Horn not working (7.7 (a))1
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))1
Hazard warning switch faulty |1.4.B.1d|1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split |2.5.C.1a|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Fuel cap/sealing device does not fasten securely maintaining the sealing arrangement |7.2.4b|1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|1
Offside Steering arm deformed and unserviceable |2.2.C.1d|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Offside Front Steering rack deformed and unserviceable |2.2.C.1d|1
Offside Front Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam N/S AND O/S |1.7.5a|1
All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint N/S AND O/S |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front Front suspension ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt KNUCKLE JOINT |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt KNUCKLE JOINT |2.4.G.2|1
Steering locking device insecure N/S AND O/S - TRACK ROD END LOCKING NUTS |2.2.C.1g|1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is inadequately repaired OUTER SILL TO FLOOR |5.2.6|1
Offside Front Subframe mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired FLOOR |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Rear wheel cylinder securing device loose RETAINING CLIP NOT SEATED |3.5.1j|1
Nearside Front Steering locking device insecure |2.2.C.1g|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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