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Once a new car was 3 years in the UK, it must undergo an annual test to verify that the key elements of a car working, and that the car is safe It's called an MOT Not DRIVE it down to your friendly gas station-and-get-sticker routine is rigorous enough is expected apprehensively Anyway, MOT reached its 50th anniversary after the test became mandatory in 1960 so to celebrate the 50th anniversary WORD, Nationwide Autocentres, a garage band that performs many WORD s around the UK, investigated how about taking on technical control and drinking lager until your dizzy that's a good way to celebrate your birthday the cars was investigating 10 best selling top UK Then they looked at their failure rate after 3 years some people have too much time on their hands Will - we take a look at the results via the Daily Mail First, here are the contenders.
Ford Mondeo, Ford Ka, Ford Fiesta, Ford Focus, Opel Astra, Renault Megane, Vauxhall Corsa, VW Golf, Renault Clio and BMW 3 Series.
All these cars were interviewed at their first MOT ie three years What Surveys doesn t take into account is how they've been driven this pretty well out equal and not doesen exactly what failed, he is not a coward radio button that does the MOT, it's usually something expensive T to success or failure.
So who won this investigation the highest failure rate in their first MOT, I'll give you a hint Nissan didn t bring the reliability of their alliance.
That is true; Renault Megane leads the standings with an enormous failure rate of 25 percent in their first MOT But before you start with the reliability of French jokes, a look at who came second is with GM Vauxhall Corsa with a failure rate of 20 percent in their first MOT at a 5 must return to the store for some expensive repairs When the cars hit 5 years, positions 1 and 2 get reversed, the Corsa with a rate of failure by 39 percent and the Megane with a failure rate of 35 percent the french get better at 3 years position belongs to the Ford Ka, but the failure rate is a strong decrease of 15 percent table full is shown below for your perusal When one of my friends reading this article, he decided to mail a copy of this survey to Renault for the attention of Odile Desforges, who is the executive vice president of the engineering and quality If he gets an r answer I will let you know.
C my Cammy, Megane s are primarily purchased for rep-mobile and most are clocking 40k miles a year before they see their first MOT Corsa's and KA's are bought by those who can barely afford the car, much less service, so no surprise there too, it doesn t list what they have failed on Remember, a dud lightbulb can fail an MOT, while on the run, but the functional impact still happening, so it is still not a large extent this is a well made car reliable than I had old cars that have 2 pages with 25 items on each page advisory elements that need fixing still pass the test I even got a Ford Escort that not pass the emissions test because there was a hole just after the exhaust manifold and the probe didn t pick up a smoke MOT can be strict, but it is not a good measure.
It is also interesting to note that the MOT does not examine, ie everything related to the motor and gear other than vehicle emissions; both can work perfectly, but as you say, a light bulb can mean failure.
That said, I'm always amazed at how some people treat their cars; they need a little more than the occasional gas tank supermarket.
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