MOT History from tests of petrol VESPA VESPAs year 1963

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Pass percent:89.17%

(The average a petrol VESPA VESPA year 1963 passes without issue)

Based on:157 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	3
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	3
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	2
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	2
Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.4.A.2c\|	2
Floor brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.C1b\|	2
Rear Brake cable badly frayed \|3.2.A1b\|	1
Headlamp insecure \|1.2.3b\|	1
All position lamps do not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Front Floor brake test indicates a sticking brake \|3.3.C2c\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Motorcycle structure insecure and likely to affect the correct functioning of the steering or braking \|6.1.1c\|	1
Rear suspension bush excessively deteriorated \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Offside Steering lock stop ineffective \|2.1.3\|	1
Front Front position lamp flickers when tapped lightly by hand \|1.1.3c\|	1
Front Brake lining\|s\| less than 1.5 mm thick \|3.2.A1f\|i\|\|	1
Rear Brake lining\|s\| less than 1.5 mm thick \|3.2.A1f\|i\|\|	1
Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Offside Front Brake lever has abnormal movement of levers indicating excessive wear or maladjustment \|1.1.15 \|f\|\|	1
Central Front Headlamp aim not tested \|4.1.2 \|b\|\|	1
Central Front Headlamp aim not tested Lack of reserve travel at lever \|4.1.2 \|b\|\|	1
Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates a severely grabbing brake \|3.3.A1b\|	1
Front Front position lamp adversely affected by the operation of the horn \|1.1.3b\|	1
Offside Front Brake lever is inoperative \|3.1.3c\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Front suspension has inadequate damping effect. \|2.3.6c\|	1
Front Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	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
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	3
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	3
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	2
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	2
Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.4.A.2c\|	2
Floor brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.C1b\|	2
Rear Brake cable badly frayed \|3.2.A1b\|	1
Headlamp insecure \|1.2.3b\|	1
All position lamps do not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Front Floor brake test indicates a sticking brake \|3.3.C2c\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Motorcycle structure insecure and likely to affect the correct functioning of the steering or braking \|6.1.1c\|	1
Rear suspension bush excessively deteriorated \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Offside Steering lock stop ineffective \|2.1.3\|	1
Front Front position lamp flickers when tapped lightly by hand \|1.1.3c\|	1
Front Brake lining\|s\| less than 1.5 mm thick \|3.2.A1f\|i\|\|	1
Rear Brake lining\|s\| less than 1.5 mm thick \|3.2.A1f\|i\|\|	1
Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Offside Front Brake lever has abnormal movement of levers indicating excessive wear or maladjustment \|1.1.15 \|f\|\|	1
Central Front Headlamp aim not tested \|4.1.2 \|b\|\|	1
Central Front Headlamp aim not tested Lack of reserve travel at lever \|4.1.2 \|b\|\|	1
Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates a severely grabbing brake \|3.3.A1b\|	1
Front Front position lamp adversely affected by the operation of the horn \|1.1.3b\|	1
Offside Front Brake lever is inoperative \|3.1.3c\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Front suspension has inadequate damping effect. \|2.3.6c\|	1
Front Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VESPA VESPAs year 1963

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