MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ C-CLASSs year 2000

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Pass percent:67.20%

(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ C-CLASS year 2000 passes without issue)

Based on:101,422 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	5369
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2920
Registration plate lamp issues	2670
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2240
Registration plate issues	1735
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1337
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1205
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1197
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	995
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	990
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	843
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	782
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	762
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	735
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	717
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	709
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	704
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	701
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	676
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	663
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	642
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	635
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	630
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	623
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	609
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	597
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	591
Nearside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	545
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	525
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	508
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	483
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	448
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	437
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	428
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	425
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	415
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	413
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	412
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	407
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	400
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	393
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	387
Rear brake binding	381
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	348
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	345
Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault \|3.4.1c\|	326
Front Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	324
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	320
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	319
Windscreen has damage	307
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	291
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	281
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	276
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	273
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	258
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	258
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	255
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	252
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	251
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	249
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	247
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	244
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	243
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	240
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	238
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	233
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	222
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	217
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	215
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	211
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	208
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	206
Offside Front Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	203
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	203
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	198
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on \|8.2.1b\|	194
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	192
Front Steering damper leaking oil \|2.2.C.1f\|	192
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	187
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	185
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	183
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	179
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	178
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	177
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	173
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	171
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	169
Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	161
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	160
Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	160
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	154
Nearside Front Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	151
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	150
Offside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	148
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	144
Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	144
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	142
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	141
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	135
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	131
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	128
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	128
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	125
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	124
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	119
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	119
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	118
Offside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	117
Front brake application uneven	111
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	110
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	107
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	107
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	105
Nearside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	105
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	104
Rear brake application uneven	102

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 C-CLASSs year 2000

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