MOT History from tests of petrol TRABANT P601s year 1968

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Pass percent:56.25%

(The average a petrol TRABANT P601 year 1968 passes without issue)

Based on:16 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	5
Brake pipe excessively corroded	3
Front Headlamps matched pair are incorrectly positioned \|1.7.3\|	2
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly \|1.4.B.1e\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	2
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Rear Rear passenger seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.3\|	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Bonnet retaining device excessively deteriorated \|8.4.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1
Offside Rear Service brake application uneven across the axle \|3.7.D.2b\|	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
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	5
Brake pipe excessively corroded	3
Front Headlamps matched pair are incorrectly positioned \|1.7.3\|	2
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	2
Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly \|1.4.B.1e\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	2
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	1
Steering system excessively tight \|2.2.D.1\|	1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Rear Rear passenger seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.3\|	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Rear brake application uneven	1
Bonnet retaining device excessively deteriorated \|8.4.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	1
Offside Rear Service brake application uneven across the axle \|3.7.D.2b\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol TRABANT P601s year 1968

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