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Common Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 314 Premium Cdi MOT failures

Based on 3,859 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 314 Premium Cdi tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Real DVSA defect codes

Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 314 Premium Cdi

Brakes 1,244 tests (32.2%)
Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 1,197 tests (31.0%)
Visibility 703 tests (18.2%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 420 tests (10.9%)
Body, structure and attachments 393 tests (10.2%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 195 tests (5.1%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 66 tests (1.7%)
Steering 64 tests (1.7%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 3,859 classifiable tests for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 314 Premium Cdi.

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What Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 314 Premium Cdi failures look like

3,859 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 314 Premium Cdi tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with brakes on 1,244 tests (32.2%), with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 1,197 tests (31.0%) and with visibility on 703 tests (18.2%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 837 of the 3,859 tests: 177 failures and 660 advisories or minors.

  • Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 441 of the 3,859 tests: 38 failures and 403 advisories or minors.

  • Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated

    MOT inspection manual reference 6.1.7, in body, structure and attachments

    Recorded on 393 of the 3,859 tests: 285 failures and 108 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Mercedes-Benz C (3,856,305 tests), Mercedes-Benz A Class (2,377,529 tests), Mercedes-Benz E (2,316,593 tests), Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (2,034,252 tests), every Mercedes-Benz model (18,381,473 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.