TRIUMPH SPITFIRE1979 · 1.5L PETROL
Vehicle Insight Summary
Considering this 1979 TRIUMPH SPITFIRE? It's a PETROL with a 1493cc engine showing 28,733 miles. MOT is not recorded and it's taxed for the road. View the full DVLA history below.
- Fuel
- PETROL
- Year
- 1979
- Engine
- 1493cc
This vehicle has not had an MOT in the past 5 years and may no longer be on the road. Automatic AI analysis has been skipped.
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Full MOT History
Our records for this Triumph Spitfire (HVC 574V) from 1979 show a total of 5 MOT tests between July 2016 and June 2019.
With 3 passes and 2 failures, the lifetime MOT pass rate stands at 60%. A decent overall history, though the failure record warrants a closer look for any patterns.
The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Lighting (8 issues), Suspension (5 issues), Steering (3 issues), Exhaust & Emissions (2 issues). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.
There are 10 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.
A total of 13 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Battery insecure near side front (1.9.1)”; “Steering column flexible coupling is excessively deteriorated lower (2.1.5)”; “Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt off side ”.
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