MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK RIVIERAs year 1973

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Pass percent:62.50%

(The average a petrol BUICK RIVIERA year 1973 passes without issue)

Based on:24 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	3
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Power steering component\|s\| leaking \|2.3.3b\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases manifold \|7.1.2\|	1
Central Parking brake operation grabbing severely \|3.7.C.3b\|	1
Front Position lamp not working o/s and n/s \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator light intensity significantly reduced \|4.4.3 \|a\|\|	1
Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	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
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	3
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Power steering component\|s\| leaking \|2.3.3b\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases manifold \|7.1.2\|	1
Central Parking brake operation grabbing severely \|3.7.C.3b\|	1
Front Position lamp not working o/s and n/s \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator light intensity significantly reduced \|4.4.3 \|a\|\|	1
Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK RIVIERAs year 1973

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