MERCEDES BENZ Vehicle check

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Vehicle check

Amalgamated Vehicle checks of MERCEDES BENZ vehicles

Our proprietary algorithms have number crunched over 25,101,477 MERCEDES BENZ Vehicle checks and ranked the reasons that MERCEDES BENZs fail their tests. Use this service to help find a new vehicle that’s right for you or get ready for your own MERCEDES BENZ's check.

Some examples of the most common issues are:
Drivers seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended. (6.2.5 (b) (i)) Occurs:1,674 times
Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Occurs:5,060 times
Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) Occurs:6,034 times
Nearside Front Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion  Occurs:4,465 times
Nearside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded  Occurs:3,927 times
Nearside Rear Lower Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:1,751 times
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) Occurs:6,584 times
Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b)) Occurs:1,791 times
Offside Body has a sharp edge caused by damage  Occurs:2,184 times
Stop lamp not working  Occurs:10,272 times
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working  Occurs:66,307 times
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) Occurs:4,315 times
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect  Occurs:5,392 times
Nearside Rear Position lamp showing white light to the rear (4.2.3 (a) (ii)) Occurs:1,870 times
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort  Occurs:4,863 times
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) Occurs:13,206 times
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush  Occurs:7,830 times
Offside Steering rack gaiter insecure  Occurs:1,374 times
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour  Occurs:66,533 times
Offside Rear coil spring fractured  Occurs:26,078 times
Dipswitch operation does not deflect all main beam headlamps to make them dipped beams  Occurs:1,693 times
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases  Occurs:29,904 times
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users  Occurs:8,907 times
Registration plate lamp issues Occurs:640,293 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:8,587 times
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