MOT History from tests of petrol MG MIDGETs year 1955

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Pass percent:83.01%

(The average a petrol MG MIDGET year 1955 passes without issue)

Based on:153 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	7
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	3
Front brake application uneven	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Nearside Front An item not tested \|Manual\|	2
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Nearside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Service brake is causing the steering wheel to severely pull one way \|3.7.C.2\|	2
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired incomplete weld (5.3.6 (a) (i))	1
Offside Rear Suspension arm fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii))	1
Offside Rear Suspension arm likely to become detached (5.3.3 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Parking brake lever has excessive side play in the pivot and may disengage \|3.1.4a\|	1
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Brake pedal inappropriately repaired \|3.3.A.6\|	1
Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Bonnet retaining device ineffective \|8.4.2\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Brake hose damaged	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	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
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	7
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	3
Front brake application uneven	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Nearside Front An item not tested \|Manual\|	2
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Nearside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Service brake is causing the steering wheel to severely pull one way \|3.7.C.2\|	2
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired incomplete weld (5.3.6 (a) (i))	1
Offside Rear Suspension arm fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii))	1
Offside Rear Suspension arm likely to become detached (5.3.3 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Parking brake lever has excessive side play in the pivot and may disengage \|3.1.4a\|	1
Nearside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Brake pedal inappropriately repaired \|3.3.A.6\|	1
Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Bonnet retaining device ineffective \|8.4.2\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Brake hose damaged	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG MIDGETs year 1955

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