MOT History from tests of petrol JAGUAR XKs year 1970

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Pass percent:81.71%

(The average a petrol JAGUAR XK year 1970 passes without issue)

Based on:82 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Steering rack insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly \|1.4.B.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Upper Steering column universal joint has excessive play \|2.1.5\|	1
Lower Steering column universal joint has excessive play \|2.1.5\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Front brake caliper locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Offside Front brake caliper locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.4.A.2e\|	1
Brake hydraulic reservoir fluid level below minimum level \|3.6.G.1b\|	1
Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Parking brake lever ratchet mechanism is excessively worn \|3.1.5\|	1
Nearside Front Seat belt damaged sufficient to significantly weakened the webbing \|5.2.2a\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt damaged sufficient to significantly weakened the webbing \|5.2.2a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Front Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a))	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
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Steering rack insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly \|1.4.B.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Upper Steering column universal joint has excessive play \|2.1.5\|	1
Lower Steering column universal joint has excessive play \|2.1.5\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Front brake caliper locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Offside Front brake caliper locking device missing \|3.5.1l\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.4.A.2e\|	1
Brake hydraulic reservoir fluid level below minimum level \|3.6.G.1b\|	1
Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Parking brake lever ratchet mechanism is excessively worn \|3.1.5\|	1
Nearside Front Seat belt damaged sufficient to significantly weakened the webbing \|5.2.2a\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt damaged sufficient to significantly weakened the webbing \|5.2.2a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Front Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a))	1

MOT History from tests of petrol JAGUAR XKs year 1970

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