MOT History from tests of petrol MG CONVERTIBLEs year 1997

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Pass percent:47.62%

(The average a petrol MG CONVERTIBLE year 1997 passes without issue)

Based on:21 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Registration plate issues	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Rear Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	1
Service brake excessively binding nearside and offside front \|1.2.1 \|f\|\|	1
Service brake efficiency below requirements \|1.2.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Front 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 Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting damaged and its strength is seriously reduced \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	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
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Registration plate issues	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Rear Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	1
Service brake excessively binding nearside and offside front \|1.2.1 \|f\|\|	1
Service brake efficiency below requirements \|1.2.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Front 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 Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting damaged and its strength is seriously reduced \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG CONVERTIBLEs year 1997

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