Morgan Plus 4

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2016 2.0 petrol. 10 of 114 tests failed, 9%.

Better than 84% of 2016 cars. The typical one fails 13%, across 899 models with enough tests behind them to say.

The defects inspectors cite

• Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
• A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
• A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
• Audible warning inoperative
• Exhaust system leaking or insecure
• Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

• Brakes — 20% of its failures
  • Master cylinder defective but brake still operating
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
• Steering — 20% of its failures
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
• Exhaust and emissions — 10% of its failures
  • Exhaust system leaking or insecure
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
• Suspension — 10% of its failures
  • A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
• Lights and electrics — 40% of its failures
  • A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
• Body and structure — 10% of its failures

Specification