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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ 709s year 1996

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Pass percent:77.78%
(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ 709 year 1996 passes without issue)
Based on:36 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Offside Front Statutory seat belt missing |5.1.1|2
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Offside Rear Statutory seat belt of the wrong type. |5.1.1|1
Offside Front Stub axle has excessive vertical movement between stub axle and axle beam |2.5.A.1a|1
Offside Front brake disc cracked |3.5.1h|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|1
Offside Rear Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Nearside Front Wheel stud|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Brake load sensing valve seized |3.6.E.3|1
Front Drag link end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Main beam `tell-tale` not working |1.7.4c|1
Nearside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure |3.6.B.3|1
Offside Front Brake hose bulging under pressure |3.6.B.3|1
Nearside Brake cable has restricted free movement outer casing collapsing |3.5.1k|1
Offside Brake cable has restricted free movement outer casing split and bulging |3.5.1k|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Hazard warning lamps inoperative |1.4.B.1b|1
Windscreen has damage1
Rear Brake load sensing valve seized |3.6.E.3|1
Nearside Stub axle has excessive vertical movement between stub axle and axle beam king pin (5.1.2 (c) (i))1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened1
Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Exhaust has a part missing |7.1.1a|1
Exhaust tailpipe not capable of allowing the emission probe to be inserted |7.4.B.1|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1

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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