MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK ELECTRAs year 1972

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Pass percent:57.14%

(The average a petrol BUICK ELECTRA year 1972 passes without issue)

Based on:14 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Brake cable has wires broken and is significantly weakened \|3.5.1b\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Outer Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Brake hose damaged	1
Nearside Outer Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	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
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Brake cable has wires broken and is significantly weakened \|3.5.1b\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Outer Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Brake hose damaged	1
Nearside Outer Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK ELECTRAs year 1972

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