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MOT History from tests of diesel FORD CORTINAs year 1981

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Pass percent:41.18%
(The average a diesel FORD CORTINA year 1981 passes without issue)
Based on:17 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Horn not working |1.6.2a|3
Headlamp aim out of alignment3
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering rack fitted| |2.2.A.1b|2
Brake hose has insufficient room to move2
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Panhard rod has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Panhard rod has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Coil spring mounting damaged and seriously weakened |2.4.C.3c|1
Offside Rear Coil spring mounting damaged and seriously weakened |2.4.C.3c|1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Steering rack has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel (steering rack fitted) (2.3 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel (1.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Rear Service brake grabbing severely (1.2.1 (c))1
Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g))1
Nearside Front Upper Shock absorbers insecurely attached nut missing (5.3.2 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings rear body mount before rear axle |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings all body mounts from front foot well to just before rear axle |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Brake master cylinder/servo mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded floor to bulkhead area |3.6.C.3|1
Brake servo vacuum pipe deteriorated rubber pipe onto vacuum pump excessively deteriorated |3.6.C.1b|1
Offside Rear Wheel bearing has excessive play 2nd rear axle |5.1.3 |a| |i||1
Hazard warning lamps not flashing in phase, with ignition on |1.4.B.1f|1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.6.1|1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Offside Rear brake drum in such a condition that it is seriously weakened |3.5.1i|1
Offside Rear Fuel tank leaking |7.2.3|1
Offside Front Brake master cylinder/servo mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded bulk head area holed and corroded. looking from inside |3.6.C.3|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage cracked link arm broken |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded inner sill area corroded and holed |5.2.6|1
Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Nearside Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings |2.2.B.1h|1
Offside Front Body insecure and dangerous to other road users |6.1.B.1b|1
Offside Brake master cylinder/servo mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |3.6.C.3|1
Rear Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated |7.1.1a|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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