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MOT History from tests of petrol TVR SPORTSs year 1978

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mot history
Pass percent:62.07%
(The average a petrol TVR SPORTS year 1978 passes without issue)
Based on:29 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort3
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|2
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.4.A.2e|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.4.A.2e|1
Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Offside Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| incorrect colour |1.1.A.3e|1
Nearside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Track rod end loose |2.2.B.1d|1
Nearside Front Lower Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a pin/bearing |2.4.G.2|1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive |7.3.B.1b|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Rear brake application uneven1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Nearside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user |1.6.2b|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Front brake application uneven1

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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