MOT History from tests of petrol MORRIS MINORs year 1938

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Pass percent:76.00%

(The average a petrol MORRIS MINOR year 1938 passes without issue)

Based on:25 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Nearside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Stub axle has excessive vertical movement between stub axle and axle beam \|2.5.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber insecure \|2.7.2b\|	1
Offside Front Upper Brake back plate\|s\| securing device loose \|3.5.1j\|	1
Offside Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1
Offside Stub axle has excessive vertical movement between stub axle and axle beam \|2.5.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Axle swivel joint has excessive movement between a swivel joint and its housing \|2.5.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|anchor\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring eye defective \|shackle\| \|2.4.B.1b\|	1
Offside Front Leaf spring eye defective \|anchor\| \|2.4.B.1b\|	1
Offside Front Leaf spring eye defective \|shackle\| \|2.4.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|anchor\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|shackle\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Rear 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
Nearside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Stub axle has excessive vertical movement between stub axle and axle beam \|2.5.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel \|steering box fitted\| \|2.2.A.1a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber insecure \|2.7.2b\|	1
Offside Front Upper Brake back plate\|s\| securing device loose \|3.5.1j\|	1
Offside Steering locking device missing \|2.2.C.1g\|	1
Offside Stub axle has excessive vertical movement between stub axle and axle beam \|2.5.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Axle swivel joint has excessive movement between a swivel joint and its housing \|2.5.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|anchor\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring eye defective \|shackle\| \|2.4.B.1b\|	1
Offside Front Leaf spring eye defective \|anchor\| \|2.4.B.1b\|	1
Offside Front Leaf spring eye defective \|shackle\| \|2.4.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|anchor\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|shackle\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has excessive wear in an anchor pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MORRIS MINORs year 1938

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