MOT History from tests of petrol CATERHAM CATERHAMs year 2009

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Pass percent:75.32%

(The average a petrol CATERHAM CATERHAM year 2009 passes without issue)

Based on:77 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	10
Registration plate issues	7
Registration plate lamp issues	5
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	3
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	3
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Exhaust engine idle speed too high \|7.3.D.1\|	1
Offside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose excessively twisted \|1.1.12 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard \|7.1.3\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Centre Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by damage \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear brake caliper leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	10
Registration plate issues	7
Registration plate lamp issues	5
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	3
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	3
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Exhaust engine idle speed too high \|7.3.D.1\|	1
Offside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose excessively twisted \|1.1.12 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard \|7.1.3\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Centre Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by damage \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear brake caliper leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol CATERHAM CATERHAMs year 2009

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