Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded on the Mercedes-Benz Vito
Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded on the Mercedes-Benz Vito is recorded on 8,239 tests — 2.6% of all its MOT tests, against 1.1% across every car in the data. That is 2.4× 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 2.4× that share |
| The 236 models compared | 65 of 236, highest first |
| The model's own record | 319,824 tests · every year of the Vito → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Mercedes-Benz Vito 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 2002, 8.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2013, 0.2%. The share has fallen 8.6 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 10.4%; best 2013 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 275 | 3,124 | 8.8% |
| 2003 | 375 | 3,606 | 10.4% |
| 2004 | 662 | 6,704 | 9.9% |
| 2005 | 1,067 | 15,188 | 7.0% |
| 2006 | 1,586 | 27,608 | 5.7% |
| 2007 | 1,542 | 49,746 | 3.1% |
| 2008 | 928 | 33,462 | 2.8% |
| 2009 | 624 | 31,550 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 413 | 32,152 | 1.3% |
| 2011 | 179 | 27,268 | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 169 | 33,962 | 0.5% |
| 2013 | 82 | 36,314 | 0.2% |
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 Vito MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Mercedes-Benz model →