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MOT History from tests of petrol MERLIN SPORTSs year 1986

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mot history
Pass percent:42.86%
(The average a petrol MERLIN SPORTS year 1986 passes without issue)
Based on:7 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|1
Nearside Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering rack fitted| |2.2.A.1b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release |5.2.5a|1
Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view |8.2.1c|1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Nearside Front suspension has a suspension lower ball joint securing nut not locked |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Rear Upper Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Fuel system component insecure |7.2.1|1
Nearside Rear Brake pipe inadequately clipped |3.6.B.1|1
Offside Rear Brake pipe inadequately clipped |3.6.B.1|1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the nearside |3.7.C.2|1
Nearside Rear Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.6.1|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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