Coil spring fractured or broken on the Mercedes-Benz Ml
Coil spring fractured or broken on the Mercedes-Benz Ml is recorded on 4,702 tests — 4.1% of all its MOT tests, against 2.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.1× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 2.0% of tests record it — this model is 2.1× that share |
| The 298 models compared | 49 of 298, highest first |
| The model's own record | 115,408 tests · every year of the Ml → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Mercedes-Benz Ml 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 2000, 2.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2015, 1.4%. The share has fallen 0.9 points over that time. Worst year 2004 at 4.7%; best 2006 at 1.4%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70 | 3,048 | 2.3% |
| 2001 | 73 | 3,610 | 2.0% |
| 2002 | 105 | 3,220 | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 174 | 3,716 | 4.7% |
| 2004 | 237 | 5,047 | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 172 | 3,729 | 4.6% |
| 2006 | 187 | 13,068 | 1.4% |
| 2007 | 275 | 7,829 | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 355 | 16,522 | 2.1% |
| 2009 | 320 | 14,720 | 2.2% |
| 2010 | 454 | 19,460 | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 494 | 18,978 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 438 | 17,952 | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 515 | 28,700 | 1.8% |
| 2014 | 526 | 26,306 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 307 | 21,370 | 1.4% |
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 £25–£65 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
- Coil spring fractured or broken: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Mercedes-Benz Ml MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Mercedes-Benz model →