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MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 350SLs year 1977

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mot history
Pass percent:76.47%
(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ 350SL year 1977 passes without issue)
Based on:68 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment3
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Indicator switch faulty |1.4.A.1|2
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|2
Brake hose excessively deteriorated2
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure strengthening plate or fastening so insecure that structural rigidity is seriously reduced |6.1.1 |b| |ii||1
Offside Front Vehicle structure strengthening plate or fastening so insecure that structural rigidity is seriously reduced |6.1.1 |b| |ii||1
Nearside Vehicle structure strengthening plate or fastening so insecure that structural rigidity is seriously reduced Middle of the car |6.1.1 |b| |ii||1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Nearside Front Seat belt retracting mechanism defective |5.2.5b|1
Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Position lamp switch faulty |1.1.A.1|1
Rear Brake pipe inadequately supported |3.6.B.1|1
Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Rear Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3|1
Nearside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Outer Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Outer Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Front Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|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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