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MOT History from tests of petrol MG VAs year 1938

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mot history
Pass percent:91.37%
(The average a petrol MG VA year 1938 passes without issue)
Based on:139 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle3
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|2
Nearside Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|1
Offside Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering |2.5.A.3a|1
Offside Front Road wheel spoke cracked |4.2.A.1b|1
Offside Headlamp aim does not move downwards when dipped |British American headlamp| |1.8.C.4|1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the offside |3.7.C.2|1
Nearside Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Rear All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Steering column top bearing excessively worn |2.1.2c|1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing |3.3.A.1b|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Front Leaf spring to axle securing bolt insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Offside Front Leaf spring to axle securing bolt insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Front Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Nearside Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view |8.2.1c|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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