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MOT History from tests of petrol MZ MZs year 1980

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mot history
Pass percent:91.16%
(The average a petrol MZ MZ year 1980 passes without issue)
Based on:215 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies |1.3.1a|3
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on |1.1.3a|1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on |1.1.3a|1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam |1.2.2a|i||1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam |1.2.2a|ii||1
Throttle has a significant change in engine speed whilst moving the steering from lock to lock |2.1.4|1
Roller brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. |3.3.A2a|1
Roller brake test Neither brake control achieves an efficiency of 25% |3.3.A2b|1
Exhaust noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar motorcycle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition |8.1.1 |a||1
Direction indicators not working |1.5.1c|1
Fuel system component leaking |7.2.1a|1
Horn not working |1.7.3a|1
All position lamps adversely affected by the operation of the horn |1.1.3b|1
Front Roller brake test indicates excessive fluctuation of brake effort |3.3.A1d|1
Front Roller brake test indicates brake effort rise disproportional to brake lever or pedal effort |3.3.A1c|1
Front Brake disc|s| is excessively distorted |3.2.A1m|1
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey |7.1.1b|1
An item not tested |Manual|1
Rear wheel insecure |4.2.3b|1
Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times per minute |1.5.1c|1
Offside Rear Direction indicators not working |1.5.1c|1
Nearside Front Lower Brake reaction bracket securing bolt|s| loose |3.2.A1j|1
Headlamp main beam flickers when tapped lightly by hand |1.2.2c|1
Registration plate issues1

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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