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MOT History from tests of petrol MINI MINIs year 1981

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mot history
Pass percent:65.00%
(The average a petrol MINI MINI year 1981 passes without issue)
Based on:20 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|2
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1h|1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1h|1
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Registration plate issues1
Nearside Front passenger door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|1
Parking brake mechanism/associated mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |3.1.9|1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split |2.5.C.1a|1
Nearside Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a|1
Offside Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive |7.3.B.1b|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Horn not a continuous or uniform sound |1.6.2e|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering rack fitted| |2.2.A.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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