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MOT History from tests of petrol RILEY ELFs year 1971

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mot history
Pass percent:75.00%
(The average a petrol RILEY ELF year 1971 passes without issue)
Based on:60 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Brake hose excessively deteriorated2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Nearside Rear Upper Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c))1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i))1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel |2.1.2b|1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Outer Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Outer Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Brake pedal spongy |3.3.B.1b|1
Brake performance not tested |3.7.A.1|1
Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split |2.5.C.1a|1
Brake pipe inadequately clipped |3.6.B.1|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|1
Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn radius arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Rear brake application uneven1
Offside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter insecure to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion |6.1.C.1|1
Nearside Front constant velocity joint is insecure |2.5.C.1b|1
Offside Front constant velocity joint is insecure |2.5.C.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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