MOT History from tests of petrol STANDARD VANGUARDs year 1955

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Pass percent:73.08%

(The average a petrol STANDARD VANGUARD year 1955 passes without issue)

Based on:52 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	5
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	2
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Front Brake hose exposed to excessive heat \|3.6.B.4f\|	1
Intermediate drop arm insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|shackle\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer deteriorated \|7.2.4c\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Nearside Front Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Fluid suspension unit leaking \|2.4.D.2\|	1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Nearside Front Valve stem seriously damaged \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Offside Rear Valve stem seriously damaged \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Offside Front Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front wheel cylinder has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel cylinder has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Valve stem seriously damaged \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the nearside \|3.7.C.2\|	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
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	5
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	2
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Front Brake hose exposed to excessive heat \|3.6.B.4f\|	1
Intermediate drop arm insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Vehicle structure has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring has excessive side play at eye \|shackle\| \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| missing \|1.1.A.3a\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer deteriorated \|7.2.4c\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Axle king pin has excessive play in pin and/or bush adversely affecting the steering \|2.5.A.3a\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Nearside Front Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front Fluid suspension unit leaking \|2.4.D.2\|	1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1
Front brake application uneven	1
Nearside Front Valve stem seriously damaged \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Offside Rear Valve stem seriously damaged \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Offside Front Steering box insecure \|2.2.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front wheel cylinder has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Nearside Rear wheel cylinder has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Valve stem seriously damaged \|4.1.D.1e\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the nearside \|3.7.C.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol STANDARD VANGUARDs year 1955

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