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MOT History from tests of petrol TVR S3s year 1989

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Pass percent:70.37%
(The average a petrol TVR S3 year 1989 passes without issue)
Based on:27 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate issues2
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Windscreen washer not working 1
All direction indicators not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii||1
Stop lamp|s| all not working |4.3.1 |a| |iii||1
Nearside Front Body mounting fixings insecure body to chassis mounting corroded |6.2.2 |c| |i||1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Rear Rear fog lamp switch faulty |1.3.1a|1
Steering column top bearing excessively worn |2.1.2c|1
Nearside Outer Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Inner Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Centre Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn shock absorber pivot |2.7.4|1
Offside Rear Coil spring not correctly located |2.4.C.2|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Offside Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Rear brake binding1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.2.1f|1
Offside Rear Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))1
Steering column universal joint insecure to the extent there is excessive movement at the mountings |2.1.3 |a| |ii||1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced |6.1.1 |c| |i||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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