MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1966

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Pass percent:84.91%

(The average a petrol LOTUS SEVEN year 1966 passes without issue)

Based on:53 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp when brake is applied number plate light comes on \|1.2.1f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Oil leaking continuously from engine posing a serious risk to road safety (8.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))	1
Offside Rear Hydraulic fluid leaking excessively brake fluid (8.4.1 (a) (i))	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Upper Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering rack fitted\| \|2.2.A.1b\|	1
Upper Steering linkage repaired by welding \|2.2.C.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear reflector missing \|1.5.1a\|	1
Offside Rear Rear reflector missing \|1.5.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Parking brake lever, pawl mechanism pivot\|s\| or their associated mountings locking device insecure \|3.1.4b\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Front suspension locking device ineffective \|2.5.A.4\|	1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension retaining device ineffective \|2.5.A.4\|	1
Nearside Front brake caliper has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	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
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp when brake is applied number plate light comes on \|1.2.1f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Oil leaking continuously from engine posing a serious risk to road safety (8.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))	1
Offside Rear Hydraulic fluid leaking excessively brake fluid (8.4.1 (a) (i))	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Upper Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering rack fitted\| \|2.2.A.1b\|	1
Upper Steering linkage repaired by welding \|2.2.C.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear reflector missing \|1.5.1a\|	1
Offside Rear Rear reflector missing \|1.5.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Parking brake lever, pawl mechanism pivot\|s\| or their associated mountings locking device insecure \|3.1.4b\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Front suspension locking device ineffective \|2.5.A.4\|	1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension retaining device ineffective \|2.5.A.4\|	1
Nearside Front brake caliper has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1966

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