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MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 5 DOORs year 1998

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mot history
Pass percent:60.00%
(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ 5 DOOR year 1998 passes without issue)
Based on:55 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|4
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive |7.3.D.4|3
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|3
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive |7.3.D.3|3
Registration plate lamp issues3
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|3
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive |7.3.D.3|2
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3|2
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users |1.8.A.1a|2
Brake hose damaged2
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Offside Front Side repeater incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Nearside Front Side repeater incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|2
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Central Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt assembly (2.1.3 (g) (ii))1
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Headlamp aim so that beam "kick up" is not visible on the screen |4.1.2 |a||1
Nearside Front Position lamp light intensity significantly reduced |4.2.3 |a| |ii||1
Offside Front Position lamp light intensity significantly reduced |4.2.3 |a| |ii||1
Offside Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a))1
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Suspension arm insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users |1.8.A.1a|1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Side repeater incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Registration plate issues1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Front Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced damaged inside lens |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt link rod |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt link rod |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Nearside Front front brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Offside Front front brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Rear brake binding1
Brake fluid contaminated |1.8 |a||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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