MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 500s year 2005

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Pass percent:86.32%

(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ 500 year 2005 passes without issue)

Based on:285 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate issues	7
Headlamp aim out of alignment	7
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn linkage \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn linkage \|2.7.4\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Offside Front Fluid suspension leaking shock absorber/ leveling unit \|2.4.D.2\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Lower Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Oil leaking excessively from engine \|8.4.1 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	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
Registration plate issues	7
Headlamp aim out of alignment	7
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn linkage \|2.7.4\|	1
Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn linkage \|2.7.4\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Offside Front Fluid suspension leaking shock absorber/ leveling unit \|2.4.D.2\|	1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Lower Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Oil leaking excessively from engine \|8.4.1 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ 500s year 2005

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