MOT History from tests of petrol MATCHLESS MATCHLESSs year 1955

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Pass percent:90.79%

(The average a petrol MATCHLESS MATCHLESS year 1955 passes without issue)

Based on:315 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	7
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	5
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	4
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	4
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	4
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	2
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling \|2.5.1\|	2
Floor brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.C1b\|	2
Nearside Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Rear Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Front Brake linkage has abnormal movement due to excessive wear \|3.2.A1i\|	1
Front Floor brake test indicates a severely juddering brake \|3.3C2d.\|	1
Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.4.A.2c\|	1
Drive chain excessively tight \|6.2.1d\|	1
Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
All position lamps do not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Brake component is fractured \|3.1.5\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Rear suspension bush has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Headlamp insecure \|1.2.3b\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1
Brake back plate\|s\| insecure \|3.2.A1j\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brake is released \|1.3.1e\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates excessive fluctuation of brake effort \|3.3.A1d\|	1
Front Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	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
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	7
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	5
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	4
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	4
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	4
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	2
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling \|2.5.1\|	2
Floor brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.C1b\|	2
Nearside Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Rear Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Front Brake linkage has abnormal movement due to excessive wear \|3.2.A1i\|	1
Front Floor brake test indicates a severely juddering brake \|3.3C2d.\|	1
Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.4.A.2c\|	1
Drive chain excessively tight \|6.2.1d\|	1
Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
All position lamps do not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Brake component is fractured \|3.1.5\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Rear suspension bush has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Headlamp insecure \|1.2.3b\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1
Brake back plate\|s\| insecure \|3.2.A1j\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brake is released \|1.3.1e\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates excessive fluctuation of brake effort \|3.3.A1d\|	1
Front Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MATCHLESS MATCHLESSs year 1955

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