MOT History from tests of petrol BENTLEY SERIESs year 1971

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Pass percent:88.00%

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

Based on:50 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	8
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	1
Fuel hose excessively damaged \|7.2.2\|	1
Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Brake hydraulic reservoir excessively weakened by corrosion \|3.6.A.2b\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim not tested \|1.8.A.1c\|	1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings lower sill section near front body mount \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Rear front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	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
Brake pipe excessively corroded	8
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	1
Fuel hose excessively damaged \|7.2.2\|	1
Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Brake hydraulic reservoir excessively weakened by corrosion \|3.6.A.2b\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim not tested \|1.8.A.1c\|	1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings lower sill section near front body mount \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Rear front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BENTLEY SERIESs year 1971

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