BT55TWZ - MERCEDES-BENZ C
MOT: Not validGB
·Last updated 13 days ago
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MOT History
Vehicle testing history with 26 MOT tests
Understanding MOT Defect Categories
Total Tests
26
Passed Tests
16
Failed Tests
10
Latest Test
Passed
Passed - 17 January 2025
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 250,342 mi
Expires: 16 January 2026
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Front arm (5.3.4 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge 3-4 mm (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge 3-4 mm (5.2.3 (e))
Failed - 17 January 2025 Dangerous Defects
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 250,342 mi
Dangerous Defects:
- Dangerous Nearside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e))
- Dangerous Offside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Front arm (5.3.4 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge 3-4 mm (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge 3-4 mm (5.2.3 (e))
Passed - 17 January 2024
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 246,698 mi
Expires: 16 January 2025
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
Failed - 05 December 2023
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 246,439 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault (1.6 (b))
- Major Brake pedal has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))
- Major Rear Brakes imbalanced across an axle Axle 2 (1.2.1 (b) (i))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
Passed - 14 November 2022
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 242,209 mi
Expires: 13 November 2023
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
Passed - 23 December 2021
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 233,751 mi
Expires: 22 December 2022
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Rear Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases flexi pipe (6.1.2 (a))
- Advisory Offside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Failed - 21 December 2021
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 233,746 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Rear Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases flexi pipe (6.1.2 (a))
- Advisory Offside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 23 December 2020
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 227,257 mi
Expires: 22 December 2021
Failed - 16 December 2020 Dangerous Defects
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 227,200 mi
Dangerous Defects:
- Dangerous Nearside Brakes imbalanced across an axle by more than 50% (1.2.1 (b) (ii))
Major Defects:
- Major Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Major Offside Rear Brake hose excessively twisted (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Major Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))
Passed - 20 June 2019
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 204,992 mi
Expires: 16 December 2020
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly twisted (1.1.12 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Rear Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Inner Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Inner Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Nail in tyre
- Advisory Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))
- Advisory Drivers wiper arm worn
Failed - 20 June 2019
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 204,992 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly twisted (1.1.12 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Rear Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Inner Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Inner Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Nail in tyre
- Advisory Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))
- Advisory Drivers wiper arm worn
Passed - 03 April 2018
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 173,657 mi
Expires: 02 April 2019
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Brake pipe slightly corroded both rear (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Offside Front coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b)
- Advisory coil spring corroded both rear (2.4.C.1b)
- Advisory Offside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit outer edge badly worn (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory rear sub frame heavily corroded in many places
- Advisory off side brake piston rubber detereated
- Advisory Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory front brake back plates rusted
- Advisory full plastic under trays fitted restricting under side inspection.
Failed - 03 April 2018
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 173,657 mi
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Brake pipe slightly corroded both rear (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Offside Front coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b)
- Advisory coil spring corroded both rear (2.4.C.1b)
- Advisory Offside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit outer edge badly worn (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory rear sub frame heavily corroded in many places
- Advisory off side brake piston rubber detereated
- Advisory Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory front brake back plates rusted
- Advisory full plastic under trays fitted restricting under side inspection.
Passed - 28 March 2017
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 151,482 mi
Expires: 31 March 2018
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement Castor arm bush split. (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has slight play in a ball joint Castor arm joint. (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover damaged, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded Brake pipes over rear differential and to brake flexi hoses. (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded Metal pipe to brake flexi hose. (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Front registration plate faded but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)
- Advisory Rear registration plate faded but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)
- Advisory General corrosion to rear of vehicle including subframe, boot floor and rear inner sills
Failed - 23 March 2017
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 151,068 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Front coil spring broken (2.4.C.1a)
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement Castor arm bush split. (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has slight play in a ball joint Castor arm joint. (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover damaged, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded Brake pipes over rear differential and to brake flexi hoses. (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded Metal pipe to brake flexi hose. (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Front registration plate faded but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)
- Advisory Rear registration plate faded but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)
- Advisory General corrosion to rear of vehicle including subframe, boot floor and rear inner sills
Passed - 09 March 2016
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 123,791 mi
Expires: 31 March 2017
Failed - 07 March 2016
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 123,791 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
- Major Front registration plate character(s) not correctly formed (6.3.4b)
Passed - 23 March 2015
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 116,165 mi
Expires: 31 March 2016
Passed - 26 March 2014
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 112,195 mi
Expires: 31 March 2015
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Failed - 26 March 2014
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 112,195 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Front registration plate character(s) likely to be misread (6.3.4b)
- Major Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
- Advisory Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Passed - 12 March 2013
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 108,709 mi
Expires: 31 March 2014
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Nearside Front Suspension arm has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Passed - 24 March 2012
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 97,962 mi
Expires: 31 March 2013
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Failed - 24 March 2012
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 97,962 mi
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Passed - 26 March 2011
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 88,813 mi
Expires: 31 March 2012
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
Passed - 01 April 2010
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 69,868 mi
Expires: 31 March 2011
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'A' (8.3.1d)
Passed - 01 December 2008
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 49,227 mi
Expires: 30 November 2009
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the MOT due for BT55TWZ?
The MOT expires on 16 January 2026.
What is the tax status of BT55TWZ?
The tax status is Taxed and is due on 01 July 2026.
What are the specifications of BT55TWZ?
This is a 2005 MERCEDES-BENZ C in Silver. It runs on Diesel with a 2148cc engine.
What is the environmental impact of BT55TWZ?
This vehicle produces 174 g/km of CO2 emissions.