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MOT History from tests of diesel LANDROVER DEFENDERs year 1997

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mot history
Pass percent:70.00%
(The average a diesel LANDROVER DEFENDER year 1997 passes without issue)
Based on:40 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play (2.5.A.3c)2
Brake pipe excessively corroded2
Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|2
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|2
Drag link end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)1
Nearside Front Body insecure and dangerous to other road users (6.1.B.1b)1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play (2.5.A.3c)1
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.2.1f)1
Offside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.A.1)1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)1
Offside Front Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt (5.2.2a)1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incomplete (1.5.A1b)1
Nearside Rear position lamp(s) incorrect colour (1.1.A.3e)1
Offside Rear position lamp(s) incomplete (1.1.4a)1
Offside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order (not working) (1.2.4a)1
Rear Exhaust has a part missing (7.1.1a)1
Front Radius arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2)1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)1
Nearside Steering pivot point has excessive play (2.2.B.1g)1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image (1.2.4a)1
Nearside Side repeater insecure (1.4.A.2b)1
Brake pedal has no servo assistance (3.3.B.2)1
Nearside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)1
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated (2.6.1)1
Nearside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)1
Offside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)1
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Service brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.2.2 (a) (ii))1
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength tie rod rear mount (5.3.6 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength tie rod front mount (5.3.6 (a) (i))1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases tail pipe (6.1.2 (a))1
Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a))1
Offside Front Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength tie rod mount (5.3.6 (a) (i))1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))1
Rear fog lamp not working (1.3.2b)1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside (1.8)1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Offside Front Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)1
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (1.4.A.2c)1
Offside Front Drag link end loose (2.2.B.1d)1
Offside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings (2.2.B.1h)1
Nearside Front Torsion bar insecure at an end fixing (2.4.E.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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