MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK SKYLARKs year 1968

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Pass percent:75.51%

(The average a petrol BUICK SKYLARK year 1968 passes without issue)

Based on:49 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Front brake application uneven	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Hazard warning lamps not flashing in phase, with ignition off \|1.4.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim does not move downwards when dipped \|British American headlamp\| \|1.8.C.4\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim does not move downwards when dipped \|British American headlamp\| \|1.8.C.4\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded floor \|5.2.6\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	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
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Front brake application uneven	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Hazard warning lamps not flashing in phase, with ignition off \|1.4.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim does not move downwards when dipped \|British American headlamp\| \|1.8.C.4\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim does not move downwards when dipped \|British American headlamp\| \|1.8.C.4\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded floor \|5.2.6\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK SKYLARKs year 1968

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