MOT History from tests of petrol LAND ROVER SERIES3s year 1978

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Pass percent:78.85%

(The average a petrol LAND ROVER SERIES3 year 1978 passes without issue)

Based on:52 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	5
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	4
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	2
Registration plate issues	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Nearside Rear brake drum contaminated by oil \|3.5.1h\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Offside Rear reflector excessively deteriorated so that its function is impaired \|1.5.1c\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Offside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Front Brake pipe inadequately clipped \|3.6.B.1\|	1
Centre Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering \|6.1.A.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	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	5
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	4
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	2
Registration plate issues	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Nearside Rear brake drum contaminated by oil \|3.5.1h\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Offside Rear reflector excessively deteriorated so that its function is impaired \|1.5.1c\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Offside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Front Brake pipe inadequately clipped \|3.6.B.1\|	1
Centre Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering \|6.1.A.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol LAND ROVER SERIES3s year 1978

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