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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ MLs year 2012

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mot history
Pass percent:84.64%
(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ ML year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:28,154 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment797
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))442
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))436
Registration plate issues272
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))258
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))174
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively165
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))100
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))92
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||86
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))72
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||70
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))59
Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))59
Windscreen washer not working 58
Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))56
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||51
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))50
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))44
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))44
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|41
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))38
Windscreen has damage38
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))37
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))37
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))36
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak34
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))33
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))32
Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i))31
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))31
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))30
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||29
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))26
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak26
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))25
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))24
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))23
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))23
Registration plate lamp issues22
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))21
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))20
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))20
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))19
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a||19
Offside Rear passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1c|19
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened19
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))18
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak17
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|17
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii||17
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))16
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))15
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))15
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))15
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))14
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|14
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|14
Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.3 |a||14
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))13
Nearside Stop lamp|s| not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii||13
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))13
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))13
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened13

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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