MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 208s year 1998

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Pass percent:50.00%

(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ 208 year 1998 passes without issue)

Based on:12 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	6
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Registration plate issues	2
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Nearside Front Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view \|8.1.2a\|	1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Brake load sensing valve linkage seized \|3.6.E.3\|	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Windscreen has damage	1
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage rubber mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage rubber mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1

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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Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	6
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Registration plate issues	2
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Nearside Front Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view \|8.1.2a\|	1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Brake load sensing valve linkage seized \|3.6.E.3\|	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Windscreen has damage	1
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage rubber mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage rubber mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 208s year 1998

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