MOT History from tests of petrol SAAB V4s year 1973

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Pass percent:47.83%

(The average a petrol SAAB V4 year 1973 passes without issue)

Based on:23 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	3
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter insecurely mounted to its housing \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber detached \|2.7.2b\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose twisted \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Centre Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Centre Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.6.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	1
Offside Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	1
Direction indicators not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.5.A1b\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear rear brake grabbing severely \|3.7.A.5b\|	1
Nearside Rear Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	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
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	3
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter insecurely mounted to its housing \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber detached \|2.7.2b\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose twisted \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Centre Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Centre Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.6.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	1
Offside Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	1
Direction indicators not in good working order \|function impaired\| \|1.5.A1b\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear rear brake grabbing severely \|3.7.A.5b\|	1
Nearside Rear Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol SAAB V4s year 1973

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