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MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1963

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

mot history
Pass percent:90.57%
(The average a petrol LOTUS SEVEN year 1963 passes without issue)
Based on:106 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|2
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|2
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Rear Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Battery insecure |1.9.1|1
All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Rear brake binding1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|1
Front Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering rack fitted| |2.2.A.1b|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Rear Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Nearside Dipswitch operation does not deflect all main beam headlamps to make them dipped beams |1.7.4b|1
Offside Dipswitch operation does not deflect all main beam headlamps to make them dipped beams |1.7.4b|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|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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