MOT History from tests of petrol ROVER V8s year 1980

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Pass percent:66.67%

(The average a petrol ROVER V8 year 1980 passes without issue)

Based on:24 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	3
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Offside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake pedal does not operate a brake fitted to each wheel \|3.3.A.3\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute front and rear \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel BOTH (1.2.1 (a) (ii))	1
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Front Power steering component\|s\| leaking \|2.3.3b\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive \|7.3.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Power steering component\|s\| leaking from a failed seal \|2.3.3b\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive \|7.3.B.1a\|	3
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Offside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake pedal does not operate a brake fitted to each wheel \|3.3.A.3\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute front and rear \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel BOTH (1.2.1 (a) (ii))	1
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Front Power steering component\|s\| leaking \|2.3.3b\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive \|7.3.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Power steering component\|s\| leaking from a failed seal \|2.3.3b\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))	1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol ROVER V8s year 1980

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