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MOT History from tests of petrol MG SPORTSs year 1971

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mot history
Pass percent:81.08%
(The average a petrol MG SPORTS year 1971 passes without issue)
Based on:74 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brake hose excessively deteriorated3
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Windscreen washer not working 2
Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive movement at wishbone bearing |2.5.A.1c|1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|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
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))1
Centre Rear Brake hose excessively damaged |3.6.B.4d|1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring to axle securing bolt insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Offside Rear Leaf spring to axle securing nut insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Offside Front Upper Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting worn and its strength is seriously reduced |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting worn and its strength is seriously reduced |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension has inadequate clearance with the chassis |2.4.A.1a|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension has inadequate clearance with the chassis |2.4.A.1a|1
Nearside Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|1
Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt |5.2.2a|1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn shock absorber pivot |2.7.4|1
Offside Front Lower Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened |2.4.C.3c|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Rear Leaf spring fractured |2.4.B.1a|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive movement at a suspension ball joint |2.5.A.1c|1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|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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