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MOT History from tests of petrol ROVER V8s year 1971

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Pass percent:77.22%
(The average a petrol ROVER V8 year 1971 passes without issue)
Based on:79 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate lamp issues4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively3
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|2
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|2
Brake hose has insufficient room to move2
Offside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1|2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Fuel pipe insecure |7.2.1|1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has a deteriorated anchor pin rubber bush resulting in excessive movement |2.4.B.2|1
Offside Rear Leaf spring has a deteriorated anchor pin rubber bush resulting in excessive movement |2.4.B.2|1
Offside Front Lower Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm locating pin locking device missing |2.4.G.3b|1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h|1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings |2.2.B.1h|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Battery insecure and likely to fall from carrier (4.13 (a) (ii))1
Front Electrical wiring insecure and connectors likely to become disconnected (4.11 (a) (ii))1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam both |1.7.5a|1
Steering column flexible coupling cracked and unserviceable |2.2.C.1d|1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Steering column top mounting bracket insecure |2.1.2d|1
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Parking (secondary brake) on a single line braking system imbalanced across an axle Axle 1 (1.3.1 (b) (i))1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Inner Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Front suspension retaining device missing lower shock absorber pin |2.5.A.4|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Rear brake application uneven1
Nearside Front Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt |5.2.2a|1
Rear Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Nearside Rear Body has a projection caused by damage |6.1.C.1|1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by damage |6.1.C.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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