MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ C-CLASSs year 2007

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Pass percent:72.26%

(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ C-CLASS year 2007 passes without issue)

Based on:135,444 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	5861
Brake pipe excessively corroded	4126
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2314
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	1267
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	947
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	935
Registration plate issues	926
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	851
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	727
Registration plate lamp issues	717
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	699
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	698
Windscreen washer not working	617
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	612
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	567
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	566
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	565
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	557
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	535
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	532
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	512
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	457
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	447
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	441
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	424
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	422
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	401
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	399
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	394
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	381
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	369
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	362
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	359
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	354
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\|	342
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	328
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	325
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	312
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	310
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	304
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	298
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	292
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	289
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	281
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	279
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	278
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	275
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	272
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	263
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	255
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	252
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	247
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	242
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	240
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	240
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction \|8.2.1.2 \|h\|\|	234
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	234
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	232
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	230
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	228
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	220
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	219
Nearside 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\|	217
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	215
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	215
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	213
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	210
Rear brake binding	203
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	203
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	202
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	201
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	200
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	191
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	185
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	180
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	173
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	173
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	171
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	171
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	168
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	163
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	161
Front brake excessively fluctuating	159
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	159
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	158
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	153
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	152
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	151
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	151
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	151
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	149
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	147
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	142
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	138
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	136
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	132
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	130
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	128
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	125
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	123
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	123
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	123
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	121
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	121
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.1.3 \|b\| \|i\|\|	120
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	120
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	120
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	119
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	118
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	118
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	113

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 2007

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