MOT History from tests of petrol DAIMLER SPs year 1959

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Pass percent:74.47%

(The average a petrol DAIMLER SP year 1959 passes without issue)

Based on:47 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Front Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on main beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Direction indicators not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.5.A1b\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Brake hose damaged	1
Nearside Front Mechanical brake component locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Offside Front Mechanical brake component locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated \|3.1.3c\|	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii))	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated \|1.1.6 \|d\|\|	1
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Steering system excessively rough \|2.1.1 \|a\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	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 Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Lower Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush \|2.5.A.1c\|	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Front Sub-frame attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Front Sub-frame attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	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
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Front Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on main beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Direction indicators not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.5.A1b\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Brake hose damaged	1
Nearside Front Mechanical brake component locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Offside Front Mechanical brake component locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated \|3.1.3c\|	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii))	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated \|1.1.6 \|d\|\|	1
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Steering system excessively rough \|2.1.1 \|a\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	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 Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Lower Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush \|2.5.A.1c\|	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Front Sub-frame attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Front Sub-frame attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol DAIMLER SPs year 1959

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