MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ 220s year 1996

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Pass percent:65.00%

(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ 220 year 1996 passes without issue)

Based on:40 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	5
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	2
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	2
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	2
Brake hose damaged	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Outer Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Nearside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view \|8.1.2a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1
Offside Rear Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Offside Lower Suspension arm rubber bush 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
Brake pipe excessively corroded	5
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	2
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	2
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	2
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	2
Brake hose damaged	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Outer Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Nearside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view \|8.1.2a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1
Offside Rear Brake hose excessively damaged \|3.6.B.4d\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Offside Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ 220s year 1996

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