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MOT History from tests of petrol SAAB 9-5s year 1974

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mot history
Pass percent:58.33%
(The average a petrol SAAB 9-5 year 1974 passes without issue)
Based on:36 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|5
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort3
Registration plate lamp issues3
Horn not working |1.6.2a|3
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|3
Headlamp aim out of alignment3
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|3
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|3
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|2
Registration plate issues2
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Front Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Battery insecure |1.9.1|1
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a|1
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|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
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user |1.6.2b|1
Nearside Headlamps matched pair are not the same colour |1.7.6|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Headlamp flickers when tapped lightly by hand |1.2.4c|1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4|1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion |6.1.C.1|1
Offside Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion |6.1.C.1|1
Nearside Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion |6.1.C.1|1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Nearside Front Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Front Body has a sharp edge caused by damage |6.1.C.1|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` |8.3.1e|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image too far to the right |1.6.B4|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image too far to the right |1.6.B4|1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Indicator tell tale inoperative |1.4.A.2a|1
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split |2.2.D.2d|1
Nearside Front Coil spring not correctly located |2.4.C.2|1
Offside Front Coil spring not correctly located |2.4.C.2|1
Nearside Rear Coil spring not correctly located |2.4.C.2|1
Offside Rear Coil spring not correctly located |2.4.C.2|1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated1

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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