MOT History from tests of petrol BRISTOL 401s year 1952

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Pass percent:87.01%

(The average a petrol BRISTOL 401 year 1952 passes without issue)

Based on:77 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Front brake application uneven	3
Nearside Rear reflector missing \|1.5.1a\|	2
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	2
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Offside Rear reflector missing \|1.5.1a\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Nearside Front Brake hose stretched \|3.6.B.4c\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose stretched \|3.6.B.4c\|	1
Nearside Inner Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Front Brake pipe seriously damaged \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Steering column flexible coupling is excessively deteriorated \|2.1.5\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Nearside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a))	1
Offside Front Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a))	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Central Rear Brake hose leaking on a hydraulic braking system (1.1.12 (c) (ii))	1
Offside Rear Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Front brake application uneven	3
Nearside Rear reflector missing \|1.5.1a\|	2
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	2
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Offside Rear reflector missing \|1.5.1a\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Nearside Front Brake hose stretched \|3.6.B.4c\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose stretched \|3.6.B.4c\|	1
Nearside Inner Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Front Brake pipe seriously damaged \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Steering column flexible coupling is excessively deteriorated \|2.1.5\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Nearside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a))	1
Offside Front Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a))	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Central Rear Brake hose leaking on a hydraulic braking system (1.1.12 (c) (ii))	1
Offside Rear Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BRISTOL 401s year 1952

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