MOT History from tests of petrol DAIMLER V8s year 1961

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Pass percent:66.67%

(The average a petrol DAIMLER V8 year 1961 passes without issue)

Based on:36 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Nearside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	2
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Front suspension has a suspension upper ball joint securing nut not locked \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Rear brake caliper locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order \|not working\| \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Brake lining\|s\| insecure \|3.5.1g\|	1
Offside Brake lining\|s\| less than 1.5 mm thick \|3.5.1g\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Axle swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn stub pin (5.1.2 (b) (i))	1
Offside Front Lower Axle swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn stub pin (5.1.2 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Steering system has a road wheel fouling a part of the vehicle \|2.2.D.2a\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Front Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Front Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm \|2.2.B.1b\|	1
Offside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Rear brake disc contaminated by oil \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc contaminated by oil \|3.5.1h\|	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Nearside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	2
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Front suspension has a suspension upper ball joint securing nut not locked \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Rear brake caliper locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order \|not working\| \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Brake lining\|s\| insecure \|3.5.1g\|	1
Offside Brake lining\|s\| less than 1.5 mm thick \|3.5.1g\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Axle swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn stub pin (5.1.2 (b) (i))	1
Offside Front Lower Axle swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn stub pin (5.1.2 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Steering system has a road wheel fouling a part of the vehicle \|2.2.D.2a\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Front Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Front Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm \|2.2.B.1b\|	1
Offside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Rear brake disc contaminated by oil \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc contaminated by oil \|3.5.1h\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol DAIMLER V8s year 1961

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