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MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS ELITEs year 1987

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mot history
Pass percent:57.69%
(The average a petrol LOTUS ELITE year 1987 passes without issue)
Based on:26 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Brake pipe excessively corroded4
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|3
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|2
Front passenger door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|2
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|2
Horn not working |1.6.2a|2
Offside Front Seat belt stitching badly frayed |5.2.2b|1
Windscreen has damage1
Power steering pipe|s| or hose|s| excessively corroded |2.3.2|1
Power steering pipe|s| or hose|s| leaking |2.3.3b|1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Rear brake binding1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Battery insecure |1.9.1|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Driver`s door catch deteriorated so the door cannot be readily opened or closed |6.2.B.2|1
Headlamp switch faulty |1.7.1|1
Offside Rear Brake pipe leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Brake performance not tested |3.7.A.1|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Nearside Front Front passenger door does not latch securely closed |6.2.B.1a|1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user |1.6.2b|1
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position |8.4.1|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive |7.3.B.1b|1
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Rear Rear fog lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.3.2d|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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