MOT History from tests of petrol FIAT 500s year 1978

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Pass percent:70.27%

(The average a petrol FIAT 500 year 1978 passes without issue)

Based on:37 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside both \|1.8\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Front Body or chassis has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings pop rivited \|6.1.B.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
Offside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement \|3.3.A.5\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside 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
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust engine idle speed too high \|7.3.A.2a\|	1
Electrical wiring inadequately supported \|1.9.2a\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	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
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.4.A.2h\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.4.A.2h\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing \|8.1.1\|	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
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside both \|1.8\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Front Body or chassis has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings pop rivited \|6.1.B.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
Offside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement \|3.3.A.5\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside 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
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust engine idle speed too high \|7.3.A.2a\|	1
Electrical wiring inadequately supported \|1.9.2a\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	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
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.4.A.2h\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.4.A.2h\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing \|8.1.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol FIAT 500s year 1978

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