MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ E-CLASSs year 1973

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Pass percent:45.45%

(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ E-CLASS year 1973 passes without issue)

Based on:11 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	2
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Offside Obligatory mirror missing \|8.1.1\|	1
Exhaust emits dense blue smoke at idle \|7.3.A.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Obligatory mirror insecure \|8.1.1\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Steering arm deformed and unserviceable \|2.2.C.1d\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Inner Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Outer Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Upper Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.2.C.1h\|	1
Brake master cylinder/servo mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|3.6.C.3\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Headlamp switch faulty \|1.7.1\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Exhaust engine idle speed too high \|7.3.A.2a\|	1

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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Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	2
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Offside Obligatory mirror missing \|8.1.1\|	1
Exhaust emits dense blue smoke at idle \|7.3.A.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Obligatory mirror insecure \|8.1.1\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Front Steering arm deformed and unserviceable \|2.2.C.1d\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Inner Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Outer Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Upper Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Steering component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.2.C.1h\|	1
Brake master cylinder/servo mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|3.6.C.3\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Headlamp switch faulty \|1.7.1\|	1
Indicator switch faulty \|1.4.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Exhaust engine idle speed too high \|7.3.A.2a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ E-CLASSs year 1973

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