MOT History from tests of petrol MG MIDGETs year 1985

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Pass percent:67.44%

(The average a petrol MG MIDGET year 1985 passes without issue)

Based on:43 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Inner Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Inner Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Inner Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Inner Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn shock absorber pivot \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.7.5c\|	1
Offside Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.7.5c\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	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
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded floor to sill/wheel arch \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Outer Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded sill \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Lower Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion wing \|6.1.C.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	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Inner Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Inner Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Inner Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Inner Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn shock absorber pivot \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.7.5c\|	1
Offside Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.7.5c\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	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
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting insecure \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded floor to sill/wheel arch \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Outer Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded sill \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Lower Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion wing \|6.1.C.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG MIDGETs year 1985

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