MOT History from tests of petrol KIA OPTIMAs year 2012

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Pass percent:73.68%

(The average a petrol KIA OPTIMA year 2012 passes without issue)

Based on:76 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	2
Rear fog lamp missing \|4.5.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Engine mounting damaged or deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (6.1.8 (a) (i))	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear fog lamp missing \|1.3.2a\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light (4.5.4 (a))	1
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	1
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b))	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))	1
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	1
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing \|2.1.3 \|g\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	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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MOT History from tests of petrol KIA OPTIMAs year 2012

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