MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ B-CLASSs year 2006

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Pass percent:70.18%

(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ B-CLASS year 2006 passes without issue)

Based on:32,823 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1372
Brake pipe excessively corroded	630
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	483
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	324
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	296
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	279
Registration plate lamp issues	273
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	245
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	243
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	241
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	239
Registration plate issues	237
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	235
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	223
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	211
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	189
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	183
Windscreen washer not working	166
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	155
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	143
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	125
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	123
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction \|8.2.1.2 \|h\|\|	123
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	118
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	115
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	115
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	112
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	109
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	109
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	108
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	106
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	102
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	98
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	97
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	97
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	94
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	94
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	94
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	93
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	93
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	91
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	90
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	90
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	89
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	86
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	86
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	85
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	83
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	80
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	79
Rear brake binding	77
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	77
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))	75
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	75
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	74
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	69
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	67
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	65
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	62
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	60
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	60
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	59
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	58
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	56
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))	56
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	55
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	54
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	54
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	54
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	54
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	52
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	52
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	52
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	52
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	51
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	51
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	50
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	49
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	49
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	47
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	47
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	46
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|6.1.7 \|g\| \|ii\|\|	46
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	46
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	46
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	45
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	45
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	44
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|6.1.7 \|g\| \|ii\|\|	44
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	42
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|4.4.3 \|a\|\|	42
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split \|2.5.C.1a\|	41
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	40
Offside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	40
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|6.1.7 \|g\| \|ii\|\|	40
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	39
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	38
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	38
Offside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	38
Nearside Stop lamp\|s\| not working \|4.3.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	38
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	38
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	37
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))	37
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	36
Nearside Front Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	36
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	35
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	35
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	35
Windscreen has damage	34
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|4.4.3 \|a\|\|	34
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	33
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	32
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	32
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	31
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	30

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 petrol MERCEDES BENZ B-CLASSs year 2006

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