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MOT History from tests of diesel LOTUS ELANs year 1972

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mot history
Pass percent:46.15%
(The average a diesel LOTUS ELAN year 1972 passes without issue)
Based on:13 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing |3.3.A.1b|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Hazard warning switch faulty |1.4.B.1d|1
Nearside Rear Panhard rod has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Drive shaft uj which forms part of the suspension has excessive play in a universal joint |2.4.G.4b|1
Offside Rear Drive shaft uj which forms part of the suspension has excessive play in a universal joint |2.4.G.4b|1
Offside Anti-roll bar fractured |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Nearside Rear Front drive shaft coupling flexible rubber or fabric coupling unit breaking up |2.5.C.1d|1
Offside Rear Front drive shaft coupling flexible rubber or fabric coupling unit breaking up |2.5.C.1d|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering rack fitted| |2.2.A.1b|1
Steering column universal joint insecure |2.1.5|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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