MOT History from tests of petrol MG SOFTs year 1971

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Pass percent:74.00%

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

Based on:50 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	7
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Offside Rear Wheel insecure \|4.2.A.1c\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Brake pipe likely to become detached or damaged \|1.1.11 \|d\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Rear Wheel insecure \|4.2.A.1c\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
rear brakes release unevenly \|3.7.B.4\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front Brake pipe leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Tailgate cannot be secured in the closed position \|6.4.1\|	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	7
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Offside Rear Wheel insecure \|4.2.A.1c\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Brake pipe likely to become detached or damaged \|1.1.11 \|d\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Rear Wheel insecure \|4.2.A.1c\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
rear brakes release unevenly \|3.7.B.4\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front Brake pipe leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Tailgate cannot be secured in the closed position \|6.4.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG SOFTs year 1971

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