MOT History from tests of petrol SUNBEAM RAPIERs year 1959

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Pass percent:84.72%

(The average a petrol SUNBEAM RAPIER year 1959 passes without issue)

Based on:72 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	1
Parking (secondary brake) on a single line braking system imbalanced across an axle Axle 1 (1.3.1 (b) (i))	1
Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded inner sill area \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is deliberately modified which significantly reduces the original strength \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view \|8.2.1c\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view \|8.2.1c\|	1
Windscreen washer control missing \|8.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	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	4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	1
Parking (secondary brake) on a single line braking system imbalanced across an axle Axle 1 (1.3.1 (b) (i))	1
Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded inner sill area \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is deliberately modified which significantly reduces the original strength \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view \|8.2.1c\|	1
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating over a large enough area to give an adequate view \|8.2.1c\|	1
Windscreen washer control missing \|8.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol SUNBEAM RAPIERs year 1959

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