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MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS ELAN2s year 1973

Review the list of common LOTUS ELAN2 failures below or to perform a specific mot history check on your LOTUS then use our popular KnowYourCar service

mot history
Pass percent:70.00%
(The average a petrol LOTUS ELAN2 year 1973 passes without issue)
Based on:30 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment5
Offside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1|2
Driver`s door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Offside Rear Wheel nut|s| loose |4.2.A.1e|1
Rear brake binding1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Registration plate issues1
Offside Front Seat belt has a cut which has significantly weakened the webbing |5.2.2a|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced dim |1.7.5a|1
Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush both lower bolts through arms |2.5.A.1c|1
Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush both lower trunions |2.5.A.1c|1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded inner arch |5.2.6|1
Offside Front Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h|1
Offside Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.7.5c|1
Battery insecure |1.9.1|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Lower Steering column universal joint has excessive play |2.1.5|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Windscreen washer not working 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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