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MOT History from tests of diesel MERCEDES BENZ S-CLASSs year 2012

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Pass percent:83.63%
(The average a diesel MERCEDES BENZ S-CLASS year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:14,597 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))247
Headlamp aim out of alignment245
Brake pipe excessively corroded166
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively164
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))150
Registration plate issues126
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))87
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))84
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))83
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault82
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|70
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))65
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||39
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))37
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||37
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|35
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened31
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|31
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))31
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||31
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))29
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort28
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))28
Brakes imbalanced across an axle25
Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))24
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||23
Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i))22
Offside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))21
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))20
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))20
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||20
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|20
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))19
Front brake excessively fluctuating18
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))18
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))16
Windscreen washer not working 16
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))16
Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))15
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))14
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))14
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))13
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))12
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))12
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|11
Windscreen has damage11
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||10
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii||10
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|10
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened10
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))9
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|9
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))9
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))9
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))8
Registration plate lamp issues8
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|8
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|8
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))8
Oil leaking excessively from engine |8.4.1 |a| |i||8

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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