MOT History from tests of petrol FORD THUNDERBIRDs year 1957

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Pass percent:85.23%

(The average a petrol FORD THUNDERBIRD year 1957 passes without issue)

Based on:88 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	2
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Fuel pipe union leaking \|7.2.3\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Registration plate issues	2
Rear brake binding	2
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Parking \|secondary brake\| on a single line braking system imbalanced across an axle Axle 1 \|1.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is fractured \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Horn not working \|7.7 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside front brake juddering severely \|3.7.A.2b\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake drum contaminated \|1.1.14 \|b\|\|	1
Offside Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake pipe excessively damaged \|3.6.B.2c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.1.4a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.1.4a\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.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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Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	2
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Fuel pipe union leaking \|7.2.3\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Registration plate issues	2
Rear brake binding	2
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Parking \|secondary brake\| on a single line braking system imbalanced across an axle Axle 1 \|1.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is fractured \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Horn not working \|7.7 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside front brake juddering severely \|3.7.A.2b\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake drum contaminated \|1.1.14 \|b\|\|	1
Offside Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake pipe excessively damaged \|3.6.B.2c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.1.4a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.1.4a\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol FORD THUNDERBIRDs year 1957

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