MOT History from tests of petrol MG VAs year 1939

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Pass percent:81.13%

(The average a petrol MG VA year 1939 passes without issue)

Based on:106 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	7
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	3
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Offside Rear Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer torn \|7.2.4c\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Front Fuel pipe union leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
rear brakes release unevenly \|3.7.B.4\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Offside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Rear Road wheel spoke excessively loose \|4.2.A.1b\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Outer Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Wheel insecure \|4.2.A.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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Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	7
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	3
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Offside Rear Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer torn \|7.2.4c\|	1
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Front Fuel pipe union leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
rear brakes release unevenly \|3.7.B.4\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Offside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear Wheel nut\|s\| loose \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Rear Road wheel spoke excessively loose \|4.2.A.1b\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Outer Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Wheel insecure \|4.2.A.1c\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MG VAs year 1939

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