MOT History from tests of petrol MINI FIRSTs year 2004

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Pass percent:62.50%

(The average a petrol MINI FIRST year 2004 passes without issue)

Based on:24 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	5
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	2
Offside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)	2
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	1
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (7.3.D.3)	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported rear hanger broken (7.1.1)	1
Nearside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc (2.5.C.1a)	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush rear bush (2.4.G.2)	1
Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated (8.2.2)	1
Power steering malfunctioning (2.3.3a)	1
Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)	1
Offside rear brake excessively fluctuating (3.7.B.3)	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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MOT History from tests of petrol MINI FIRSTs year 2004

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