MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ SLs year 1957

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Pass percent:88.37%

(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ SL year 1957 passes without issue)

Based on:43 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	4
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	2
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	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 Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Windscreen washer not working	1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	1
Offside Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel FLUID LEEKING FROM BRAKE DRUM. (1.2.1 (a) (i))	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Parking 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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Most common failures	No# failures
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	4
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	2
Direction indicators not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	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 Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.2.1f\|	1
Windscreen washer not working	1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	1
Offside Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel FLUID LEEKING FROM BRAKE DRUM. (1.2.1 (a) (i))	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ SLs year 1957

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