MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN SEVENs year 1971

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Pass percent:89.76%

(The average a petrol AUSTIN SEVEN year 1971 passes without issue)

Based on:166 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	3
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	2
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the front \|1.4.C.1b\|	1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the rear \|1.4.C.1b\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Rear Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear Radius arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Offside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	1
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	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
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	3
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	2
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the front \|1.4.C.1b\|	1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the rear \|1.4.C.1b\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Rear Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear Radius arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Offside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	1
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol AUSTIN SEVENs year 1971

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