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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ E-CLASSs year 1988

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mot history
Pass percent:66.67%
(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ E-CLASS year 1988 passes without issue)
Based on:45 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)3
Registration plate issues2
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|2
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|2
Centre Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement1
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position |8.4.1|1
Windscreen has damage1
Offside Side repeater incomplete |1.5.A1b|1
Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front Direction indicator incomplete |1.5.A1b|1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)1
Indicator tell tale inoperative (1.4.A.2a)1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (1.3.2b)1
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)1
Direction indicators incorrect colour (1.4.A.2f)1
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Offside Obligatory mirror insecure (8.1.1)1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel (3.1.6b)1
Rear Rear fog lamp not working (1.3.2b)1
Fuel pipe union leaking (7.2.3)1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (2.4.G.1)1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Horn sound not in accordance with requirements (7.7 (c))1
Windscreen washer not working 1
Rear fog lamp switch inoperative (4.5.3 (a))1
Offside Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (7.1.1 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Front & rear (5.3.6 (a) (i))1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Front & rear (5.3.6 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel 40 (1.2.1 (a) (i))1
Offside Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel 50 (1.2.1 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)1
Horn not working (1.6.2a)1
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working (1.3.1b)1
Rear fog lamp not working (1.3.2b)1
Nearside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)1
Offside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)1
Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded front mount and rear mount (2.4.A.3)1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.5a)1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)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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