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MOT History from tests of petrol MERLIN MERLINs year 1980

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mot history
Pass percent:76.32%
(The average a petrol MERLIN MERLIN year 1980 passes without issue)
Based on:38 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|2
Rear brake binding2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|2
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front Tie bar/rod rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Leaf spring to axle securing bolt insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm likely to become detached |5.3.3 |a| |ii||1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive movement at wishbone bearing |2.5.A.1c|1
Nearside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive movement at a suspension ball joint |2.5.A.1c|1
Front brake application uneven1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not in good working order |function impaired| |1.1.4a|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not in good working order |function impaired| |1.1.4a|1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on |8.2.1b|1
Brake master cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid |3.6.G.1f|1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering rack fitted| |2.2.A.1b|1
Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Brake performance not tested |3.7.A.1|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|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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