MOT History from tests of diesel LAND ROVER S3s year 1980

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Pass percent:22.22%

(The average a diesel LAND ROVER S3 year 1980 passes without issue)

Based on:9 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	2
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	2
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Nearside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	2
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Rear brake application uneven	1
Nearside Front Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect both \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Steering column top mounting bracket insecure \|2.1.2d\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering \|6.1.A.1\|	1
Offside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring fractured \|2.4.B.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings above rear axle \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour \|7.4.B.4\|	1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside engine mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|6.1.D.1a\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Brake vacuum build up too slow \|3.3.E.6\|	1
Nearside Front front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Front front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Rear front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	2
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	2
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Nearside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	2
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Rear brake application uneven	1
Nearside Front Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect both \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Steering column top mounting bracket insecure \|2.1.2d\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering \|6.1.A.1\|	1
Offside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring fractured \|2.4.B.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings above rear axle \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour \|7.4.B.4\|	1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside engine mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|6.1.D.1a\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Brake vacuum build up too slow \|3.3.E.6\|	1
Nearside Front front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Front front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Rear front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel LAND ROVER S3s year 1980

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