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Common Leyland Daf MOT failures

Based on 4,240 Leyland Daf 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: Leyland Daf

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 1,284 tests (30.3%)
Brakes 1,201 tests (28.3%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 1,008 tests (23.8%)
Body, structure and attachments 659 tests (15.5%)
Steering 611 tests (14.4%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 499 tests (11.8%)
Visibility 443 tests (10.4%)
Other equipment 178 tests (4.2%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 69 tests (1.6%)

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 4,240 classifiable tests for Leyland Daf.

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What Leyland Daf failures look like

4,240 Leyland Daf tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 1,284 tests (30.3%), with brakes on 1,201 tests (28.3%) and with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 1,008 tests (23.8%). 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:

  • Oil leak, but not excessive

    MOT inspection manual reference 8.4.1, in nuisance (emissions and noise)

    Recorded on 442 of the 4,240 tests: 31 failures and 411 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 424 of the 4,240 tests: 92 failures and 332 advisories or minors.

  • Track rod end ball joint has slight play

    MOT inspection manual reference 2.1.3, in steering

    Recorded on 324 of the 4,240 tests: 106 failures and 218 advisories or minors.

One Leyland Daf model has its own breakdown: Leyland Daf Fa (1,444 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.