MOT History from tests of petrol MG GTBs year 1971

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Pass percent:78.57%

(The average a petrol MG GTB year 1971 passes without issue)

Based on:42 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Steering column top bearing excessively worn \|2.1.2c\|	1
Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel \|2.1.2b\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing \|3.3.A.1b\|	1
Offside Front Lower Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.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
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Steering column top bearing excessively worn \|2.1.2c\|	1
Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel \|2.1.2b\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing \|3.3.A.1b\|	1
Offside Front Lower Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG GTBs year 1971

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