MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1961

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Pass percent:85.62%

(The average a petrol LOTUS SEVEN year 1961 passes without issue)

Based on:153 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	7
Registration plate lamp issues	5
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Registration plate issues	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Nearside Front Steering lock stop missing \|2.2.D.2c\|	1
Offside Front Steering lock stop missing \|2.2.D.2c\|	1
Nearside Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Front Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Nearside Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))	1
Nearside Inner Indicator tell tale missing \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Front Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake hose \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on main beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on dipped beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake hose \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Lower Steering column universal joint retaining device insecure \|2.1.6\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Steering column flexible coupling is excessively deteriorated \|2.1.5\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Axle swivel joint has excessive play \|2.5.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Direction indicator flashing more than 120 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	7
Registration plate lamp issues	5
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Registration plate issues	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Nearside Front Steering lock stop missing \|2.2.D.2c\|	1
Offside Front Steering lock stop missing \|2.2.D.2c\|	1
Nearside Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Front Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Nearside Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))	1
Nearside Inner Indicator tell tale missing \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Front Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake hose \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on main beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp does not operate immediately when selected on dipped beam \|1.7.4a\|	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake hose \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Lower Steering column universal joint retaining device insecure \|2.1.6\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Steering column flexible coupling is excessively deteriorated \|2.1.5\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Axle swivel joint has excessive play \|2.5.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Direction indicator flashing more than 120 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1961

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