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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ E-CLASSs year 2009

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mot history
Pass percent:79.54%
(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ E-CLASS year 2009 passes without issue)
Based on:118,701 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded4796
Headlamp aim out of alignment3472
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1368
Registration plate lamp issues1196
Registration plate issues1059
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))898
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))613
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))605
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))595
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))544
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))535
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|455
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))325
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))291
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort260
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))239
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))230
Windscreen washer not working 223
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))216
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened208
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke |7.4.B.3a|204
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|198
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|195
Brakes imbalanced across an axle184
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))179
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))176
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))174
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||167
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|164
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||161
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))154
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|151
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|151
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|144
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))140
Windscreen has damage139
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||129
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault128
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))128
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||127
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))124
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))123
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))122
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))121
Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 1.5m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b))118
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))115
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))115
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|110
Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))109
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))108
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))107
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|106
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|104
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|104
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|102
Rear brake binding100
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))100
Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i))94
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))93
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|92
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))92
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|88
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|85
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|85
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||84
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened84
Nearside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))84
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))81
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))81
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))80
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||79
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|78
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))77
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))76
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||75
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|75

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.

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