MOT History from tests of diesel CITROEN CXs year 1985

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Pass percent:52.38%

(The average a diesel CITROEN CX year 1985 passes without issue)

Based on:21 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Inner Front Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Outer Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Inner Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Nearside Inner Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Fluid suspension pipe leaking \|2.4.D.2\|	1
Centre Rear Statutory seat belt missing \|5.1.1\|	1
Nearside front parking brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.6a\|	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Drivers seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended. (6.2.5 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Suspension component leaking (5.3.5 (c))	1
Offside Front Inner Suspension component leaking (5.3.5 (c))	1
Nearside Front Battery insecure and likely to fall from carrier (4.13 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play rack end joint has movement \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Front Fluid suspension pipe leaking \|2.4.D.2\|	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

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
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Inner Front Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Outer Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Inner Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Nearside Inner Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Fluid suspension pipe leaking \|2.4.D.2\|	1
Centre Rear Statutory seat belt missing \|5.1.1\|	1
Nearside front parking brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.6a\|	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Drivers seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended. (6.2.5 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Suspension component leaking (5.3.5 (c))	1
Offside Front Inner Suspension component leaking (5.3.5 (c))	1
Nearside Front Battery insecure and likely to fall from carrier (4.13 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play rack end joint has movement \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Front Fluid suspension pipe leaking \|2.4.D.2\|	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

MOT History from tests of diesel CITROEN CXs year 1985

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