MOT History from tests of petrol MG SALOONs year 1950

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Pass percent:59.26%

(The average a petrol MG SALOON year 1950 passes without issue)

Based on:27 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	2
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective (6.1.3 (b) (i))	1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the front \|1.4.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the rear \|1.4.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm does not retract smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	1
Offside Rear An item not tested \|Manual\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Rear brake drum contaminated by oil \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	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\|	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	2
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective (6.1.3 (b) (i))	1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the front \|1.4.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm arm does not show an amber light to the rear \|1.4.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Semaphore indicator arm does not retract smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	1
Offside Rear An item not tested \|Manual\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Rear brake drum contaminated by oil \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG SALOONs year 1950

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