MOT History from tests of diesel SAAB 900s year 1996

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Pass percent:74.70%

(The average a diesel SAAB 900 year 1996 passes without issue)

Based on:83 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	7
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	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 Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Centre Parking brake mechanism/associated mounting prescribed area is fractured \|3.1.9\|	1
Centre Brake pipe inadequately clipped \|3.6.B.1\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	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	7
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	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 Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Centre Parking brake mechanism/associated mounting prescribed area is fractured \|3.1.9\|	1
Centre Brake pipe inadequately clipped \|3.6.B.1\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel SAAB 900s year 1996

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