MOT History from tests of petrol CATERHAM SUPERs year 1978

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Pass percent:50.00%

(The average a petrol CATERHAM SUPER year 1978 passes without issue)

Based on:10 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake hose has insufficient room to move	3
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Driver`s seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.A.2\|	2
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	2
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1
Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
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 Rear Tie bar/rod ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Passenger`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Nearside Passenger`s seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.A.2\|	1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting cracked \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting cracked \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly \|1.4.B.1e\|	1
Nearside Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure \|5.2.1a\|	1
Offside Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure \|5.2.1a\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber insecure \|2.7.2b\|	1
Nearside Upper Suspension arm locating pin locking device missing \|2.4.G.3b\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm locating pin locking device missing \|2.4.G.3b\|	1
Brake cable locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	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
Brake hose has insufficient room to move	3
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Driver`s seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.A.2\|	2
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	2
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1
Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
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 Rear Tie bar/rod ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Passenger`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Nearside Passenger`s seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.A.2\|	1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting cracked \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting cracked \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly \|1.4.B.1e\|	1
Nearside Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure \|5.2.1a\|	1
Offside Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure \|5.2.1a\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber insecure \|2.7.2b\|	1
Nearside Upper Suspension arm locating pin locking device missing \|2.4.G.3b\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm locating pin locking device missing \|2.4.G.3b\|	1
Brake cable locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol CATERHAM SUPERs year 1978

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