MOT History from tests of petrol MG BGTs year 1983

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Pass percent:44.44%

(The average a petrol MG BGT year 1983 passes without issue)

Based on:18 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Rear brake application uneven	2
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp missing \|1.3.2a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Fuel system component leaking carb overflow \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment \|1.1.6 \|c\|\|	1
Hazard warning switch inoperative \|4.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Battery insecure and likely to cause a short circuit \|4.13 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light \|4.5.4 \|a\|\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Rear brake binding	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 aim out of alignment	2
Rear brake application uneven	2
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp missing \|1.3.2a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Fuel system component leaking carb overflow \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment \|1.1.6 \|c\|\|	1
Hazard warning switch inoperative \|4.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Battery insecure and likely to cause a short circuit \|4.13 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light \|4.5.4 \|a\|\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Rear brake binding	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG BGTs year 1983

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