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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ 250s year 1985

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mot history
Pass percent:73.85%
(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ 250 year 1985 passes without issue)
Based on:65 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|7
Registration plate lamp issues4
Rear brake binding3
Offside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort3
Nearside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|2
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect |2.7.5|2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated2
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion |6.1.C.1|1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine |7.4.B.3b|1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Centre Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Windscreen has damage1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Front Lower 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
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3|1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect |2.7.5|1
Fuel tank leaking |7.2.3|1
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.2.A.1a|1
Rear Sub-frame has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Outer Rear Anti-roll bar linkage worn and seriously weakened |2.4.G.1|1
Offside Outer Rear Anti-roll bar linkage worn and seriously weakened |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Front brake caliper has restricted free movement |3.5.1k|1
Offside Rear Drive shaft which forms part of the suspension coupling gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.4.G.4e|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2|1
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting fractured |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|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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