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MOT History from tests of petrol MERCEDES BENZ SLKs year 2005

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mot history
Pass percent:77.45%
(The average a petrol MERCEDES BENZ SLK year 2005 passes without issue)
Based on:96,939 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment2892
Brake pipe excessively corroded1737
Registration plate issues1163
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively938
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|853
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))771
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|754
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|742
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))722
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))690
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|647
Registration plate lamp issues644
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))475
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))463
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|418
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|411
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))385
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))332
Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))331
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))320
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))312
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|297
Nearside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))276
Offside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))260
Brakes imbalanced across an axle254
Windscreen washer not working 245
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|240
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|219
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))217
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|214
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||213
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))203
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3|200
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))196
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort191
Nearside Front coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|189
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))183
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|180
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|179
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||176
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))175
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||173
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))153
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened153
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|143
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))139
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))138
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|137
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|137
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))126
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))124
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|122
Nearside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|122
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||122
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|119
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||118
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|116
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||111
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|109
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))103
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a||102
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|101
Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault |3.4.1c|100
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))100
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|99
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault98
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))93
Offside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|92
Windscreen has damage90
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||89
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|88
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a))85
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))84
Offside Front coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|83
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|82
Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))79
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))78
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))78
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|77
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||77
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|77
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|76
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))76
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))75
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|71
Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|70
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|69
Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|68
Brake hose excessively deteriorated67
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|66

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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