MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ S-CLASSs year 1972

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Pass percent:81.08%

(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ S-CLASS year 1972 passes without issue)

Based on:37 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Nearside Rear Brake hose bulging under pressure (3.6.B.3)	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (1.7.5a)	1
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2)	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside (1.8)	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside (1.8)	1
Nearside Front Lower Axle swivel joint has excessive movement between a swivel joint and its housing (2.5.A.1b)	1
Nearside Front Upper Steering locking device insecure (2.2.C.1g)	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)	1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)	1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)	1
Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)	1
Offside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (1.7.5a)	1
Nearside Rear passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.B.1c)	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside (1.8)	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside (1.8)	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	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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MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ S-CLASSs year 1972

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