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MOT History from tests of petrol MG MIDGITs year 1978

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mot history
Pass percent:73.08%
(The average a petrol MG MIDGIT year 1978 passes without issue)
Based on:52 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|4
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|3
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|3
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute |1.4.A.2g|2
Horn not working |1.6.2a|2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|1
Offside Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Body panel corroded and likely to cause injury sill (6.2.1 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Body panel likely to become detached arch (6.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))1
Nearside Seat belt insecurely fixed to the vehicles structure |5.2.1a|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Steering pivot point has excessive play |2.2.B.1g|1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is fractured |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Steering pivot point has excessive play |2.2.B.1g|1
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order |not working| |1.2.4a|1
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Front Steering system excessively tight |2.2.D.1|1
Offside Rear Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order |not working| |1.2.4a|1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Nearside Front Steering pivot point has excessive play |2.2.B.1g|1
Offside Front Steering pivot point has excessive play |2.2.B.1g|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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