MOT History from tests of petrol SMART FOURs year 1998

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Pass percent:17.65%

(The average a petrol SMART FOUR year 1998 passes without issue)

Based on:17 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	2
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Rear fog lamp obviously incorrectly positioned \|1.3.2a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by damage \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Offside Rear fog lamp emits a light other than red \|1.3.2e\|	1
Centre Stop lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.2.1d\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	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
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	2
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Rear fog lamp obviously incorrectly positioned \|1.3.2a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Brake performance not tested \|3.7.A.1\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by damage \|6.1.C.1\|	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Offside Rear fog lamp emits a light other than red \|1.3.2e\|	1
Centre Stop lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.2.1d\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol SMART FOURs year 1998

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