MOT History from tests of petrol FORD TOWNCARs year 1998

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Pass percent:73.08%

(The average a petrol FORD TOWNCAR year 1998 passes without issue)

Based on:26 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
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
Panhard rod has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.3\|	1
Exhaust tailpipe not capable of allowing the emission probe to be inserted \|7.3.D.1\|	1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Front Power steering pipe\|s\| or hose\|s\| leaking \|2.3.3b\|	1
Offside Front Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.2.C.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp emits a light other than red \|1.3.2e\|	1
Nearside Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm \|2.2.B.1b\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Inner Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Centre Rear Panhard rod has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
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
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.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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Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
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
Panhard rod has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.3\|	1
Exhaust tailpipe not capable of allowing the emission probe to be inserted \|7.3.D.1\|	1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Front Power steering pipe\|s\| or hose\|s\| leaking \|2.3.3b\|	1
Offside Front Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.2.C.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp emits a light other than red \|1.3.2e\|	1
Nearside Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm \|2.2.B.1b\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Inner Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Centre Rear Panhard rod has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
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
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol FORD TOWNCARs year 1998

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