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MOT History from tests of petrol MGB ROADSTERs year 1972

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Pass percent:74.14%
(The average a petrol MGB ROADSTER year 1972 passes without issue)
Based on:58 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|3
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2
Nearside Rear Lower Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Lower Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Offside Front Body insecure and dangerous to other road users |6.1.B.1b|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.2.1f|1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute |1.4.A.2g|1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Position lamp switch faulty |1.1.A.1|1
Headlamp switch faulty |1.7.1|1
Brake pedal has excessive side movement indicating a badly worn bearing or pivot |3.3.A.1d|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Fuel system component leaking fuel pump |7.2.3|1
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Nearside Front Hazard warning lamps inoperative |1.4.B.1b|1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Centre Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering |6.1.A.1|1
Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Front Body has a projection caused by damage |6.1.C.1|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Offside Front Brake pipe inadequately supported |3.6.B.1|1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|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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