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MOT History from tests of petrol CITROEN CXs year 1978

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mot history
Pass percent:64.86%
(The average a petrol CITROEN CX year 1978 passes without issue)
Based on:37 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|3
Registration plate lamp issues3
Offside Front Headlamp insecure |1.7.3|2
Brake hose damaged2
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Inner Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Nearside Front Brake hose leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter split |2.5.C.1a|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion |6.1.C.1|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))1
Offside Lower Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Body has a sharp edge caused by damage |6.1.C.1|1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated1
Offside Fluid suspension leaking |2.4.D.2|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Front Braking system leaking brake pipe to caliper |3.6.A.1|1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Nearside Front Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.7.5c|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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