MOT History from tests of petrol BSA A7s year 1957

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Pass percent:88.31%

(The average a petrol BSA A7 year 1957 passes without issue)

Based on:154 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	6
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	3
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	2
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	2
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Front suspension has excessive stiffness in the suspension movement. \|2.3.6b\|	1
Roller brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. \|3.3.A2a\|	1
Rear Wheel spoke cracked. \|4.2.1b\|	1
Upper Front suspension assembly component loose \|2.3.1\|	1
Rear suspension component loose \|2.4.A.1a\|	1
Steering movement excessively `notchy` with the weight on the lower bearing \|2.2.1a\|	1
Front Brake lever mounting insecure \|3.1.2a\|	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling \|2.5.1\|	1
Rear Position lamp switch does not operate the front and rear position lamps \|1.1.4c\|	1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Front Brake lever cannot be released smoothly \|3.1.3d\|	1
Front Headlamp aim beam image too far to the right \|1.6.4\|	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	6
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	3
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	2
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	2
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Front suspension has excessive stiffness in the suspension movement. \|2.3.6b\|	1
Roller brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. \|3.3.A2a\|	1
Rear Wheel spoke cracked. \|4.2.1b\|	1
Upper Front suspension assembly component loose \|2.3.1\|	1
Rear suspension component loose \|2.4.A.1a\|	1
Steering movement excessively `notchy` with the weight on the lower bearing \|2.2.1a\|	1
Front Brake lever mounting insecure \|3.1.2a\|	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling \|2.5.1\|	1
Rear Position lamp switch does not operate the front and rear position lamps \|1.1.4c\|	1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Front Brake lever cannot be released smoothly \|3.1.3d\|	1
Front Headlamp aim beam image too far to the right \|1.6.4\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BSA A7s year 1957

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