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MOT History from tests of diesel CITROEN CXs year 1978

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mot history
Pass percent:20.00%
(The average a diesel CITROEN CX year 1978 passes without issue)
Based on:5 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Horn not working |7.7 |a| |ii||2
Oil leaking excessively from engine |8.4.1 |a| |i||2
Windscreen washer not working 1
Front Suspension bellows leaking |5.3.5 |c||1
Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding |1.2.1 |f||1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding |1.2.1 |f||1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced outer sill |7.1.1 |a| |i||1
Service brake efficiency below requirements |1.2.2 |a| |i||1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii||1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Offside Rear passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1c|1
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings outer sill |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Fluid suspension unit leaking |2.4.D.2|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment |1.1.6 |c||1
Nearside Front Suspension pipe leaking dangerous to drive |5.3.5 |c||1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||1
Nearside Headlamp has a product on the light source so that the light output is severely reduced |4.1.4 |b||1
Offside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced |4.1.4 |b||1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Nearside Front Suspension unit leaking dangerous to drive |5.3.5 |c||1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||1
Nearside Front Brake pipe leaking on an air braking system |1.1.11 |b| |i||1
Nearside Front Power steering pipe/hose leaking |2.1.5 |a||1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Inner Front Front constant velocity joint is insecure |2.5.C.1b|1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1

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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