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MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN SEVENs year 1931

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mot history
Pass percent:92.04%
(The average a petrol AUSTIN SEVEN year 1931 passes without issue)
Based on:766 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|10
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a|7
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|7
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|4
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|3
Registration plate issues2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Steering wheel retaining device insecure |2.1.6|2
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|2
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|2
Offside front brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|2
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the offside |3.7.C.2|2
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|2
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|2
Parking brake lever, pawl mechanism pivot|s| retaining device missing |3.1.4b|1
Headlamp switch missing |1.7.1|1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure is cracked, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Steering wheel locking device insecure |2.1.6|1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Rear brake application uneven1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Direction indicator has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating |1.4.A.2c|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Offside Rear Torsion bar excessive play at an end fixing |2.4.E.2|1
Nearside Front Steering pivot point has excessive play |2.2.B.1g|1
Offside Front Steering pivot point has excessive play |2.2.B.1g|1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Offside Front Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Offside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.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
Fuel hose leaking |7.2.3|1
Offside Front Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the front |1.4.C.1b|1
Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps |1.7.4b|1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Steering retaining device insecure |2.2.C.1g|1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the nearside |3.7.C.2|1
Front Leaf spring fractured |2.4.B.1a|1
Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure |3.6.B.3|1
Nearside Front Road wheel spoke missing |4.2.A.1b|1
Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel |2.1.2b|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Steering pivot point has excessive play |2.2.B.1g|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Rear Wheel nut|s| loose |4.2.A.1e|1
Offside Rear Wheel nut|s| loose |4.2.A.1e|1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Nearside Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|1
Brake cable has a seized clevis joint pivot |3.5.1c|1
Nearside Rear Road wheel spoke excessively loose |4.2.A.1b|1
Driver`s seat insecure |6.2.5 |a| |ii||1
Offside Front Valve stem seriously misaligned |4.1.D.1e|1
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber missing |2.7.1b|1
Nearside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Steering box insecure |2.2.B.1a|1
Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.6.1|1
Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.2.1f|1
Offside Rear Brake rod locking device insecure |3.5.1l|1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
All position lamps not in good working order |function impaired| |1.1.A.2a|1
Centre Exhaust has a part missing |7.1.1a|1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated |3.1.3c|1
Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber missing |2.7.1b|1
Nearside Track rod end loose |2.2.B.1d|1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring to axle securing nut insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|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.

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