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MOT reliability

Triumph Tr3 a

9 vehicles · 44 completed MOT tests analysed
98%
MOT pass rate

Based on 9 Triumph Tr3 a vehicles and 44 completed MOT tests, the Triumph Tr3 a has an overall 98% pass rate, with an average recorded mileage of 40,073 miles.

9
Vehicles
44
MOT tests
1,190
Avg miles / year
0.4
Faults per test
0%
Dangerous-fault share

Triumph Tr3 a problem areas

Where faults occur most across all Triumph Tr3 a MOT tests:

  • Other119%
  • Steering6%

Triumph Tr3 a pass rate by age

Age (years)TestsPass rate
11100%
2250%
41100%
51100%
81100%
101100%
131100%
141100%
161100%
171100%

Fuel types: Petrol (9)

Most common Triumph Tr3 a MOT faults

These are the faults and advisories recorded most often across Triumph Tr3 a MOT tests:

  1. front offside tyre edge worn (2 times)
  2. Ball joint dust cover damaged, but preventing the ingress of dirt all and the top arm ball joints (2.2.C.1c) (1 times)
  3. Brake switch requires some ajustment (1 times)
  4. Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i) (1 times)
  5. Offside Steering pivot point has slight play (2.2.B.1g) (1 times)
  6. tyres perished in tread pattern (1 times)
  7. front hubs slight play (1 times)
  8. front nearside tyre outer wall slightly perished/ small splits (1 times)
  9. front nearside tyre outer wall slightly perished /small splits (1 times)
  10. Nearside Front tyre outer walls perished /small splits (1 times)
  11. Offside Front Vehicle structure has slight corrosion (6.1.B.2) (1 times)
  12. Steering system has slight free play detected at steering wheel (2.2.A.1a) (1 times)
  13. Nearside Inner Front Drag link end ball joint has slight play (2.2.B.1f) (1 times)
  14. Suspension joint offside upper dust cover split/missing (1 times)
  15. Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (1.7.5a) (1 times)

Triumph Tr3 a pass rate by registration year

YearVehiclesTestsPass rateAvg mileage
2013 1 1 100% 74,486
2009 1 8 88% 97,085
1996 1 4 100% 1,759
1961 1 1 100% 63,128
1960 3 21 100% 6,287
1959 1 1 100% 6,399
1958 1 8 100% 98,946

Triumph Tr3 a reliability FAQ

Across 9 Triumph Tr3 a vehicles in our MOT data, 98% pass the MOT (a 2% failure rate), with about 0.4 faults or advisories recorded per test.

The most frequently recorded Triumph Tr3 a MOT issues are: front offside tyre edge worn; Ball joint dust cover damaged, but preventing the ingress of dirt all and the top arm ball joints (2.2.C.1c); Brake switch requires some ajustment.

The typical Triumph Tr3 a in our data has covered around 40,073 miles.

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