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

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Pass percent:73.48%

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

Based on:121,091 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	5311
Brake pipe excessively corroded	3514
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2006
Registration plate issues	871
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	851
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	738
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	698
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	666
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	647
Registration plate lamp issues	633
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	612
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	567
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	565
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	482
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	449
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	447
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	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
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
Windscreen washer not working	376
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	365
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	362
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
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	333
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	325
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	320
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	316
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	312
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	292
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	286
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	281
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	279
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	275
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	263
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	262
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	256
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
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	240
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	236
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	236
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	235
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction \|8.2.1.2 \|h\|\|	234
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 Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	213
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	212
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	211
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	210
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	209
Rear brake binding	203
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 Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	190
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	183
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	180
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	176
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	173
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	171
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	168
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	161
Front brake excessively fluctuating	159
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	156
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	155
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	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
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
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	142
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	139
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
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	136
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	128
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	128
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	125
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	124
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 Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	119
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	118
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	118
Windscreen has damage	111
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	109
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	109
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	107
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	107
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	106
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	104
Nearside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	103
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	103
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	102
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	101
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.1.3 \|b\| \|i\|\|	100
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	98
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	98
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	97

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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