MOT History from tests of petrol RILEY RMEs year 1952

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Pass percent:71.43%

(The average a petrol RILEY RME year 1952 passes without issue)

Based on:77 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	8
Headlamp aim out of alignment	6
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	2
Offside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Front Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Brake master cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid \|3.6.G.1f\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Rear Brake pivot has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Offside Brake linkage has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring shackle pin retaining device insecurely fitted \|2.4.B.3b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))	1
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps \|1.7.4b\|	1
Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Rear front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	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
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	8
Headlamp aim out of alignment	6
Offside front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	2
Offside Semaphore indicator arm does not extend smoothly \|1.4.C.1a\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Front Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1
Offside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front front brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Brake master cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid \|3.6.G.1f\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Rear Brake pivot has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Offside Brake linkage has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring shackle pin retaining device insecurely fitted \|2.4.B.3b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))	1
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps \|1.7.4b\|	1
Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Nearside Rear front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol RILEY RMEs year 1952

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