MOT History from tests of petrol MG MIDGITs year 1971

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Pass percent:82.22%

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

Based on:45 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	4
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring longitudinally displaced incorrect spring \|2.4.B.1d\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only \|3.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Fuel system component leaking engine area \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Front Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Offside Front Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	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
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	4
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring longitudinally displaced incorrect spring \|2.4.B.1d\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only \|3.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Fuel system component leaking engine area \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Front Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Offside Front Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	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
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG MIDGITs year 1971

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