Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Mercedes-Benz Cls
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Mercedes-Benz Cls is recorded on 4,178 tests — 5.1% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 8.5× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.6% of tests record it — this model is 8.5× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 11 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 82,706 tests · every year of the Cls → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Mercedes-Benz Cls tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2005, 2.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2018, 0.6%. The share has fallen 1.5 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 3.8%; best 2018 at 0.6%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 207 | 10,083 | 2.0% |
| 2006 | 357 | 9,914 | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 446 | 12,178 | 3.7% |
| 2008 | 319 | 9,812 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 302 | 8,028 | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 212 | 11,730 | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 241 | 8,142 | 3.0% |
| 2012 | 216 | 7,858 | 2.8% |
| 2013 | 602 | 22,040 | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 283 | 12,668 | 2.2% |
| 2015 | 420 | 19,884 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 352 | 21,723 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 202 | 10,156 | 2.0% |
| 2018 | 19 | 3,225 | 0.6% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £20–£55 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Wheel bearings has excessive play: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Mercedes-Benz Cls MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Mercedes-Benz model →