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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ 230s year 1986

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Pass percent:74.42%
(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ 230 year 1986 passes without issue)
Based on:43 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment7
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement1
Nearside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings |2.2.B.1h|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Emissions not tested |7.0|1
Nearside Inner Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Inner Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Inner Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Outer Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure |3.6.B.3|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Outer Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Registration plate issues1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is fractured |2.4.A.3|1
Brake pedal spongy |3.3.B.1b|1
Brake pedal creeps down when held under pressure |3.3.B.1a|1
Nearside Rear Brake pipe leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Offside Front Seat belt affected by an insecure seat fixing |5.2.1b|1
Nearside Rear Coil spring mounting loose |2.4.C.3a|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|1
Offside Outer Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Inner Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Inner Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Inner Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Offside Front Lower Brake pedal excessively corroded |3.3.A.1a|1
Offside Front Lower Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|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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