MOT History from tests of diesel CITROEN CXs year 1979

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Pass percent:70.37%

(The average a diesel CITROEN CX year 1979 passes without issue)

Based on:27 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Driver`s seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.A.2\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	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
Nearside Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Front Upper Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Offside Front Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure is damaged, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure is damaged, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering rack fitted\| \|2.2.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Passenger`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Offside Upper Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Lower Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Power steering malfunctioning \|2.3.3a\|	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	3
Driver`s seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.A.2\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	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
Nearside Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Front Upper Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Offside Front Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure is damaged, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure is damaged, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering rack fitted\| \|2.2.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Passenger`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Offside Upper Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Lower Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Power steering malfunctioning \|2.3.3a\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel CITROEN CXs year 1979

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