MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1988

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Pass percent:75.00%

(The average a petrol LOTUS SEVEN year 1988 passes without issue)

Based on:20 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.2.C.1c)	2
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)	2
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)	2
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)	2
Front brake application uneven	2
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	1
Dipswitch operation does not deflect all main beam headlamps to make them dipped beams (4.1.3 (b))	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint worn to the extent there is a serious risk of detachment (2.1.3 (b) (ii))	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.2.C.1c)	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)	1
Nearside front parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)	1
Offside front parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)	1
Registration plate lamp issues	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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MOT History from tests of petrol LOTUS SEVENs year 1988

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