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MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 208s year 1996

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mot history
Pass percent:64.52%
(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ 208 year 1996 passes without issue)
Based on:31 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate lamp issues6
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Brake pipe excessively corroded3
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Registration plate issues2
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.6.1|1
Emissions not tested |7.0|1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Rear Brake load sensing valve linkage seized |3.6.E.3|1
rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3|1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Front Anti-roll bar linkage rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Brake load sensing valve linkage seized |3.6.E.3|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view |8.1.2a|1
Brake pedal creeps down when held under pressure |3.3.B.1a|1
Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only |3.1.2|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Exhaust mounting missing |7.1.1b|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Exhaust tailpipe not capable of allowing the emission probe to be inserted |7.3.B.1|1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1h|1
Brake load sensing valve linkage obviously incorrectly adjusted |3.6.E.3|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated |8.2.2|1
Offside Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated |8.2.2|1
Rear Rear position lamp|s| incomplete |1.1.4a|1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Nearside Rear Leaf spring to axle securing nut insecure |2.4.B.7b|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not in good working order |function impaired| |1.1.4a|1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Nearside Rear Brake valve damaged |3.6.A.2c|1
Offside Front Wheel stud|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated1

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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