MOT History from tests of petrol TRABANT 601s year 1968

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Pass percent:60.00%

(The average a petrol TRABANT 601 year 1968 passes without issue)

Based on:15 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	3
Nearside Rear Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.G.1\|	2
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	2
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.4.A.2e\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Upper Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.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	3
Nearside Rear Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.G.1\|	2
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	2
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Nearside Rear Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.4.A.2e\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute \|1.4.A.2g\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Leaf spring has excessive wear in a shackle pin and/or bush \|2.4.B.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Upper Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol TRABANT 601s year 1968

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