MOT History from tests of petrol MORRIS COWLEYs year 1971

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Pass percent:75.47%

(The average a petrol MORRIS COWLEY year 1971 passes without issue)

Based on:53 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Offside Front Brake pipe seriously damaged \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	2
Offside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer missing \|7.2.4c\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Nearside Inner Front Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view \|8.2.1c\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Front Headlamps matched pair are not the same colour \|1.7.6\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Inner Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber insecure \|2.7.2b\|	1
Offside Front Lower Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|anchor\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Nearside Outer Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.2.1d\|	1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Offside Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Offside Front Brake pipe seriously damaged \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	2
Offside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer missing \|7.2.4c\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Nearside Inner Front Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view \|8.2.1c\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Front Headlamps matched pair are not the same colour \|1.7.6\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Inner Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber insecure \|2.7.2b\|	1
Offside Front Lower Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|anchor\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Nearside Outer Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.2.1d\|	1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	1
Offside Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MORRIS COWLEYs year 1971

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