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MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ B-CLASSs year 2011

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mot history
Pass percent:72.85%
(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ B-CLASS year 2011 passes without issue)
Based on:22,465 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment715
Brake pipe excessively corroded499
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))308
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))279
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|238
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))234
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))233
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))219
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))216
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively194
Registration plate lamp issues177
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))146
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))141
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))139
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak128
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|127
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|107
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))103
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|101
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))98
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))98
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))97
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))92
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|91
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))90
Windscreen washer not working 87
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|82
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))81
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))81
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|80
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))72
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))69
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))67
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))67
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak62
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))61
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))60
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))59
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||58
Registration plate issues57
Brakes imbalanced across an axle55
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))54
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||53
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))52
Service brake efficiency below requirements |1.2.2 |a| |i||50
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|49
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened48
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))47
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))43
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))43
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))42
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))40
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))40
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|40
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))40
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))39
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|39
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))38
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))37
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|37
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||37
Offside Side repeater not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii||36
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))35
Nearside Side repeater not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii||34
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|34
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))33
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))33
Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))33
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))30
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||29
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened28
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||27
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))27
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|26
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|26
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|26
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))26
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||25
Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))25
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position (3.1 (b) (i))24
Nearside Front Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|24
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||22
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|22
Offside Front Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|22
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))21
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|20
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))19

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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