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MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 280SEs year 1972

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mot history
Pass percent:77.78%
(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ 280SE year 1972 passes without issue)
Based on:36 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Rear passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1c|1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive |7.3.B.1b|1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Dipswitch operation does not deflect all main beam headlamps to make them dipped beams |1.7.4b|1
Nearside Steering system fouling |2.2.D.2a|1
Exhaust engine idle speed too high |7.3.A.2a|1
Offside Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Registration plate issues1
Offside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2|1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|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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