MOT History from tests of petrol BENTLEY EIGHTs year 1971

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Pass percent:72.73%

(The average a petrol BENTLEY EIGHT year 1971 passes without issue)

Based on:22 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	5
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	4
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Rear brake binding	2
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering rear arch \|6.1.A.1\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure is cracked, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings wheel arch \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Front constant velocity joint is insecure \|2.5.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Rear Trailing arm damaged and seriously weakened \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Offside Rear Fluid suspension has no suspension movement \|2.4.D.5\|	1
Nearside Rear Fluid suspension has no suspension movement \|2.4.D.5\|	1
Power steering component\|s\| leaking \|2.3.3b\|	1
Hazard warning switch faulty \|1.4.B.1d\|	1
Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps faulty \|1.7.4b\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases x 2 \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear brake caliper leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement \|3.3.A.5\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Central Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	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
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	5
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	4
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Rear brake binding	2
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering rear arch \|6.1.A.1\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure is cracked, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings wheel arch \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Front constant velocity joint is insecure \|2.5.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Rear Trailing arm damaged and seriously weakened \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Offside Rear Fluid suspension has no suspension movement \|2.4.D.5\|	1
Nearside Rear Fluid suspension has no suspension movement \|2.4.D.5\|	1
Power steering component\|s\| leaking \|2.3.3b\|	1
Hazard warning switch faulty \|1.4.B.1d\|	1
Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps faulty \|1.7.4b\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases x 2 \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear brake caliper leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement \|3.3.A.5\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Central Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BENTLEY EIGHTs year 1971

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