MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ 300TEs year 1991

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Pass percent:65.52%

(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ 300TE year 1991 passes without issue)

Based on:29 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	5
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Front Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim not tested \|1.8.A.1c\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim not tested \|1.8.A.1c\|	1
Centre Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Centre Rear Statutory seat belt missing \|5.1.1\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting cracked \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.D.4\|	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	4
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Front Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim not tested \|1.8.A.1c\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim not tested \|1.8.A.1c\|	1
Centre Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Track rod end loose \|2.2.B.1d\|	1
Centre Rear Statutory seat belt missing \|5.1.1\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting cracked \|2.4.G.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.D.4\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ 300TEs year 1991

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