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MOT History from tests of diesel FORD MOTORs year 1979

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Pass percent:45.83%
(The average a diesel FORD MOTOR year 1979 passes without issue)
Based on:24 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively5
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Registration plate lamp issues2
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|2
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Front passenger seat insecure |6.2.3|2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Spare wheel carrier insecure |6.4.2|1
Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.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 pipe excessively corroded1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view |8.2.1c|1
Hazard warning switch faulty |1.4.B.1d|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Headlamp insecure |1.7.3|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.2.A.1a|1
Front Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3|1
Fuel hose leaking |7.2.3|1
Offside Rear Upper Shock absorber has an excessively worn linkage |2.7.4|1
Offside Rear Upper Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Nearside Front Leaf spring to axle securing nut insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Offside Front Leaf spring to axle securing nut insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring to axle securing nut insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Offside Rear Leaf spring to axle securing nut insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Fuel system component insecure |7.2.1|1
Rear Brake pipe inadequately supported |3.6.B.1|1
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour |7.4.B.4|1
Driver`s seat insecure |6.2.A.1|1
Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Offside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Centre Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Nearside Obligatory mirror insecure |8.1.1|1
Offside Obligatory mirror insecure |8.1.1|1
Rear brake application uneven1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering cross member |6.1.A.1|1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering cross member |6.1.A.1|1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings from steering box |2.2.B.1h|1
All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Headlamp insecure |1.7.3|1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Battery insecure |1.9.1|1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm |2.2.B.1b|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|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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