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MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 350SLs year 1978

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Pass percent:75.51%
(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ 350SL year 1978 passes without issue)
Based on:49 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|3
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has an inadequate repair, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Nearside Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g|1
Nearside Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Centre Front Steering arm damaged and unserviceable |2.2.C.1d|1
Nearside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Position lamp switch faulty |1.1.A.1|1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|1
Nearside Front Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.2.C.1h|1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure |3.6.B.3|1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image too far to the right |1.6.B4|1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Rear brake application uneven1
Rear brake binding1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened1
Nearside rear brake excessively fluctuating |3.7.B.3|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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