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MOT History from tests of petrol BUICK SPECIALs year 1958

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Pass percent:75.38%
(The average a petrol BUICK SPECIAL year 1958 passes without issue)
Based on:65 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort5
Brakes imbalanced across an axle5
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|2
Registration plate issues2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|2
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|2
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|2
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Rear Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Inner Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Inner Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Brake actuating linkage mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |3.3.A.2|1
Fuel hose leaking |7.2.3|1
Position lamp switch faulty |1.1.A.1|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush |2.5.A.1c|1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated1
Offside Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated |7.1.1a|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Rear Brake pipe leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.2.A.1a|1
Nearside Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Power steering pipe|s| or hose|s| leaking from a joint |2.3.3b|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Brake pipe inadequately supported |3.6.B.1|1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1|1
Offside Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Windscreen wiper control is inaccessible to the driver |8.2.1a|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Headlamp switch faulty |1.7.1|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Brake cable has wires broken and is significantly weakened |3.5.1b|1
Front brake application uneven1
Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement1

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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