Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is recorded on 1,974 tests — 2.4% of all its MOT tests, against 1.1% across every car in the data. That is 2.2× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.1% of tests record it — this model is 2.2× that share |
| The 236 models compared | 68 of 236, highest first |
| The model's own record | 81,825 tests · every year of the Sprinter → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 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, 4.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2011, 0.5%. The share has fallen 4.0 points over that time. Worst year 2001 at 4.7%; best 2011 at 0.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 119 | 2,600 | 4.6% |
| 2001 | 211 | 4,514 | 4.7% |
| 2002 | 237 | 6,108 | 3.9% |
| 2003 | 265 | 6,384 | 4.2% |
| 2004 | 300 | 7,110 | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 234 | 6,704 | 3.5% |
| 2006 | 157 | 6,478 | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 154 | 7,582 | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 117 | 8,416 | 1.4% |
| 2009 | 54 | 6,042 | 0.9% |
| 2010 | 49 | 7,714 | 0.6% |
| 2011 | 40 | 7,612 | 0.5% |
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 £180–£450 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. 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
- Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Mercedes-Benz model →