MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1973

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Pass percent:78.57%

(The average a petrol LOTUS SEVEN year 1973 passes without issue)

Based on:42 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Rear brake binding	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Rear Brake pedal does not operate a brake fitted to each wheel \|3.3.A.3\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only \|3.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii))	1
Offside All direction indicators not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.6.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
rear parking \|secondary\| brakes imbalanced	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Brake performance not tested \|3.7.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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Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Rear brake binding	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Rear Brake pedal does not operate a brake fitted to each wheel \|3.3.A.3\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only \|3.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii))	1
Offside All direction indicators not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Rear Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.6.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
rear parking \|secondary\| brakes imbalanced	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1973

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