MOT History from tests of diesel SAAB 9-3s year 2013

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Pass percent:78.43%

(The average a diesel SAAB 9-3 year 2013 passes without issue)

Based on:51 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	2
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	1
Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))	1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength At subframe mount to chassis (5.3.6 (a) (i))	1
Offside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Corroded and holed at rear suspension arm mount (5.3.3 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	1
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect both (4.1.2 (c))	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	1
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn front tie arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))	1
Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn front tie arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases egr valve pipe under the bonnet next to the manifold (6.1.2 (a))	1
Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases flexi (6.1.2 (a))	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	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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MOT History from tests of diesel SAAB 9-3s year 2013

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