MOT History from tests of petrol SUNBEAM RAPIERs year 1963

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Pass percent:90.50%

(The average a petrol SUNBEAM RAPIER year 1963 passes without issue)

Based on:221 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	5
Rear brake binding	4
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	3
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	3
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Front Upper Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Offside Parking brake mechanism/associated mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|3.1.9\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.2.C.1h\|	1
Offside Front Fuel system component insecure fuel filter \|7.2.1\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded rear pannel \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded rear pannel \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Leaf spring anchor bracket corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.B.6d\|	1
Offside Leaf spring anchor bracket corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.B.6d\|	1
Exhaust emits excessive dense blue smoke during acceleration \|7.3.A.2c\|	1
Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	1
Nearside Rear Additional braking device leaking oil \|3.6.I.6\|	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a))	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1
Nearside Front Brake hose twisted \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing \|3.3.A.1b\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Horn control missing \|1.6.1\|	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	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	5
Rear brake binding	4
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	3
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	3
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Front Upper Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Offside Parking brake mechanism/associated mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|3.1.9\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure \|3.6.B.3\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.2.C.1h\|	1
Offside Front Fuel system component insecure fuel filter \|7.2.1\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded rear pannel \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded rear pannel \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Leaf spring anchor bracket corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.B.6d\|	1
Offside Leaf spring anchor bracket corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.B.6d\|	1
Exhaust emits excessive dense blue smoke during acceleration \|7.3.A.2c\|	1
Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	1
Nearside Rear Additional braking device leaking oil \|3.6.I.6\|	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a))	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1
Nearside Front Brake hose twisted \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing \|3.3.A.1b\|	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Horn control missing \|1.6.1\|	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired \|2.4.A.3\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol SUNBEAM RAPIERs year 1963

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