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Common Ajs Digita MOT failures

Based on 1,343 Ajs Digita tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Real DVSA defect codes

Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Ajs Digita

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 388 tests (28.9%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 288 tests (21.4%)
Brakes 200 tests (14.9%)
Steering 198 tests (14.7%)
Body, structure and attachments 68 tests (5.1%)
Other equipment 31 tests (2.3%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 24 tests (1.8%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 19 tests (1.4%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 1,343 classifiable tests for Ajs Digita.

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What Ajs Digita failures look like

1,343 Ajs Digita tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 388 tests (28.9%), with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 288 tests (21.4%) and with brakes on 200 tests (14.9%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Steering column universal joint has slight wear or play

    MOT inspection manual reference 2.2.2, in steering

    Recorded on 198 of the 1,343 tests: 55 failures and 143 advisories or minors.

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 191 of the 1,343 tests: 46 failures and 145 advisories or minors.

  • Shock absorbers has light misting of oil

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.2, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 154 of the 1,343 tests: 31 failures and 123 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Ajs Modena (11,681 tests), Ajs Dd (2,362 tests), Ajs Firefox (2,033 tests), Ajs Cadwell (1,983 tests), every Ajs model (31,228 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.