MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS ELANs year 1988

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Pass percent:63.64%

(The average a petrol LOTUS ELAN year 1988 passes without issue)

Based on:11 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Hazard warning lamps inoperative \|1.4.B.1b\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Side repeater excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.4.A.2e\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.3.2d\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on main beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on main beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Offside Rear Brake hose leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear fog lamp emits a light other than red \|1.3.2e\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	1
Offside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	1
Hazard warning lamps operated by more than one switch \|1.4.B.1c\|	1
Hazard warning switch faulty \|1.4.B.1d\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Hazard warning lamps inoperative \|1.4.B.1b\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Side repeater excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.4.A.2e\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.3.2d\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on main beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on main beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Offside Rear Brake hose leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear fog lamp emits a light other than red \|1.3.2e\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	1
Offside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	1
Hazard warning lamps operated by more than one switch \|1.4.B.1c\|	1
Hazard warning switch faulty \|1.4.B.1d\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS ELANs year 1988

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