MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK RIVIERAs year 1972

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Pass percent:87.72%

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

Based on:57 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate issues	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Steering wheel has excessive movement up and down \|2.2.2 \|a\|\|	1
Windscreen washer not working	1
Stop lamp\|s\| all not working \|4.3.1 \|a\| \|iii\|\|	1
Offside Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel \|1.2.1 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator incomplete \|1.5.A1b\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Power steering pump leaking from a failed component \|2.3.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order \|not working\| \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order \|not working\| \|1.2.4a\|	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
Registration plate issues	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Steering wheel has excessive movement up and down \|2.2.2 \|a\|\|	1
Windscreen washer not working	1
Stop lamp\|s\| all not working \|4.3.1 \|a\| \|iii\|\|	1
Offside Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel \|1.2.1 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator incomplete \|1.5.A1b\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Power steering pump leaking from a failed component \|2.3.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order \|not working\| \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order \|not working\| \|1.2.4a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK RIVIERAs year 1972

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