MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1965

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Pass percent:76.56%

(The average a petrol LOTUS SEVEN year 1965 passes without issue)

Based on:64 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	4
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	3
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Steering system fouling \|2.2.D.2a\|	1
Steering column top mounting bracket insecure \|2.1.2d\|	1
Electrical wiring inadequately supported Above steering shaft. \|1.9.2a\|	1
Offside Front Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	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
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Offside Rear Valve stem seriously damaged \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel \|2.1.2b\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Parking brake lever is impeded in its travel \|3.1.6c\|	1
Parking brake lever is fouling adjacent parts of the vehicle \|3.1.6b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Lower Steering column flexible coupling has excessive play \|2.1.5\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Brake hose has insufficient room to move	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	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
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	4
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	3
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Steering system fouling \|2.2.D.2a\|	1
Steering column top mounting bracket insecure \|2.1.2d\|	1
Electrical wiring inadequately supported Above steering shaft. \|1.9.2a\|	1
Offside Front Wheel nut\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	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
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Offside Rear Valve stem seriously damaged \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel \|2.1.2b\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Parking brake lever is impeded in its travel \|3.1.6c\|	1
Parking brake lever is fouling adjacent parts of the vehicle \|3.1.6b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Lower Steering column flexible coupling has excessive play \|2.1.5\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Brake hose has insufficient room to move	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1

MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1965

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