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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ 308s year 1981

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Pass percent:61.29%
(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ 308 year 1981 passes without issue)
Based on:31 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine |7.4.B.3b|2
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|2
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|2
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Seat belt attachment fitting fractured |5.2.3|1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Front Body has a projection caused by damage |6.1.C.1|1
Nearside Front Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii))1
Brake load sensing valve seized and ABS not fitted or inoperative (1.1.17 (c) (ii))1
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Seat belt has a cut which has significantly weakened the webbing |5.2.2a|1
Rear fog lamp switch faulty |1.3.1a|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Horn control missing |1.6.1|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Inner Rear position lamp|s| excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Offside Outer Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated |7.1.1a|1
Exhaust has a part missing |7.1.1a|1
Nearside Inner Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|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 Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Rear brake application uneven1
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Nearside Stop lamp emits other than a steady red light |1.2.1e|1
Offside Stop lamp emits other than a steady red light |1.2.1e|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Front Lower Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.6.B1|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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