MOT History from tests of petrol MORRIS EIGHTs year 1948

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Pass percent:73.53%

(The average a petrol MORRIS EIGHT year 1948 passes without issue)

Based on:68 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	3
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	3
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	3
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Front Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the offside \|3.7.C.2\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Oil leaking excessively from engine \|8.4.1 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Front Steering box has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.3 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.7.5c\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Hydraulic brake cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear Fuel pipe union leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Driver`s door does not latch securely closed \|6.2.B.1a\|	1
Front Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Rear Brake pivot locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1
Nearside Front Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Dipswitch operation does not deflect all main beam headlamps to make them dipped beams \|1.7.4b\|	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	3
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	3
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	3
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Front Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the offside \|3.7.C.2\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1a\|	1
Oil leaking excessively from engine \|8.4.1 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Front Steering box has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.3 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.7.5c\|	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Hydraulic brake cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear Fuel pipe union leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Driver`s door does not latch securely closed \|6.2.B.1a\|	1
Front Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Rear Brake pivot locking device insecure \|3.5.1l\|	1
Nearside Front Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Dipswitch operation does not deflect all main beam headlamps to make them dipped beams \|1.7.4b\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MORRIS EIGHTs year 1948

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