MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ A-CLASSs year 2000

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Pass percent:48.59%

(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ A-CLASS year 2000 passes without issue)

Based on:20,932 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	2941
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2296
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1953
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1427
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1101
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	812
Registration plate issues	602
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	533
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	497
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	490
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	476
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	454
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	412
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	398
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	381
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	378
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	347
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	314
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	307
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	293
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	282
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	270
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	249
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	227
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	226
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	225
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	217
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	217
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	203
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	189
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	179
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	178
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	175
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	170
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	168
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	168
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	161
Headlamp switch faulty \|1.7.1\|	154
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	154
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	152
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	140
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	136
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	135
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	133
Nearside Rear Radius arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	130
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	129
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	116
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	114
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	111
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	110
Windscreen has damage	110
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	109
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	105
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour \|7.4.B.4\|	105
Offside Rear Radius arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	105
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	103
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	103
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	96
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	96
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	95
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	95
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	92
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	91
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	86
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	85
Front brake application uneven	85
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	84
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	83
Nearside Rear Radius arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing \|2.4.G.2\|	83
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	79
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	77
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	75
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	74
Offside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	74
Nearside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	73
Brake hose damaged	72
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	68
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	67
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	66
Offside Rear Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	66
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	65
Centre Exhaust mounting missing \|7.1.1b\|	64
Fuel cap/sealing device does not fasten securely maintaining the sealing arrangement \|7.2.4b\|	63
Nearside Rear Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	62
Nearside Rear Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	62
Offside Rear Radius arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing \|2.4.G.2\|	61
Offside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	60
Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps \|1.7.4b\|	60
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	60
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	59
Rear brake binding	57
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	57
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	57
Dipswitch operation does not deflect all main beam headlamps to make them dipped beams \|1.7.4b\|	55
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	55
Offside Rear Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	55
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	55
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	54
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position \|8.4.1\|	53
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	51
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	49
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	49
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	49
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	47
Offside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	47
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	47
Nearside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect \|2.7.5\|	46
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	46
Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault \|3.4.1c\|	45
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	44
Offside Front Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.G.1\|	42
Offside Front coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	41
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	41
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	41
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	41
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	41
Offside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	40
Front brake excessively fluctuating	39
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	39
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	38
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	37
Nearside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	36
Nearside Rear passenger door does not latch securely closed \|6.2.B.1a\|	36
Exhaust mounting missing \|7.1.1b\|	34
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	33
Centre Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated \|7.1.1a\|	33

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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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ A-CLASSs year 2000

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