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Common Kawasaki Kmx125 MOT failures

Based on 2,736 Kawasaki Kmx125 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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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: Kawasaki Kmx125

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 836 tests (30.6%)
Brakes 562 tests (20.5%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 546 tests (20.0%)
Body, structure and attachments 343 tests (12.5%)
Steering 165 tests (6.0%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 122 tests (4.5%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 97 tests (3.5%)
Other equipment 64 tests (2.3%)

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 2,736 classifiable tests for Kawasaki Kmx125.

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What Kawasaki Kmx125 failures look like

2,736 Kawasaki Kmx125 tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 836 tests (30.6%), with brakes on 562 tests (20.5%) and with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 546 tests (20.0%). 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:

  • Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated

    MOT inspection manual reference 6.1.7, in body, structure and attachments

    Recorded on 343 of the 2,736 tests: 74 failures and 269 advisories or minors.

  • Wheel bearing has slight play

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.1.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 205 of the 2,736 tests: 61 failures and 144 advisories or minors.

  • Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 204 of the 2,736 tests: 13 failures and 191 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Kawasaki Zx (147,306 tests), Kawasaki Zr (20,858 tests), Kawasaki Ex (15,768 tests), Kawasaki (15,168 tests), every Kawasaki model (785,768 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.