CAUSES OF BREAKDOWNS
MANY IGNITION FAULTS Ignition failure is still the chief cause of motor-car breakdowns in England, according to the analysis issued by the Royal Automobile Club of the cases which came to their notice during 1935. The total number of cases was 13,203. The "accident" figure shows a reduction from 10.3 per cent in 1934 to 9.4 per cent, the lowest yet recorded. The ignition figure is 22.9 per cent and next to it comes axle shafts with 15.9 per cent. Carburation troubles appear to have increased, judging from this analysis, for the figure is now 6.1 per cent, against 5.1 in 1934 and 2.8 per cent in 1930,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 11 (Supplement)
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