MOT History from tests of diesel AUSTIN TAXIHIREs year 1971

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Pass percent:71.05%

(The average a diesel AUSTIN TAXIHIRE year 1971 passes without issue)

Based on:38 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	2
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Exhaust emits dense blue smoke at idle \|7.4.A.1\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Front Body has a sharp edge caused by damage \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Battery insecure both batteries \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Exhaust emits clearly visible black smoke during acceleration \|7.4.A2\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device missing \|7.2.4a\|	1
Windscreen washer control missing bottle missing \|8.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Indicator switch faulty wont stay on on its own \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	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 Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	2
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Exhaust emits dense blue smoke at idle \|7.4.A.1\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Front Body has a sharp edge caused by damage \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Battery insecure both batteries \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Exhaust emits clearly visible black smoke during acceleration \|7.4.A2\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device missing \|7.2.4a\|	1
Windscreen washer control missing bottle missing \|8.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Indicator switch faulty wont stay on on its own \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel AUSTIN TAXIHIREs year 1971

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