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LS08 RRU

2008 Mercedes-benz C

Black Diesel 2148cc
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MOT Status

Valid
Expires21 Sep 2027
Tests25 (17 pass, 8 fail)
Pass rate68%

Mileage

181,312 mi
Last recorded181,312 miles
Recorded on22 Sep 2026
Typical for 2008 Mercedes-benz C81,042 mi

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Vehicle Details

RegistrationLS08 RRU
MakeMercedes-benz
ModelC
Year2008
ColourBlack
Fuel typeDiesel
Engine2,148cc

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MOT History

17 pass 8 fail
Pass 22 Sep 2026 181,312 miles

Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour but not likely to obscure the vision of other road users (8.2.2.2 (c))

Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))

Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling slightly deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))

Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear arm bushes n/s and o/s (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear frame and arm mounting areas on frame (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive rear frame mounting areas (5.3.6 (a) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

unable to fully check brake pipes front to rear due to undercovers

Fail 15 Sep 2026 181,311 miles

Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour but not likely to obscure the vision of other road users (8.2.2.2 (c))

Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))

Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling slightly deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))

Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear arm bushes n/s and o/s (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear frame and arm mounting areas on frame (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive rear frame mounting areas (5.3.6 (a) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

unable to fully check brake pipes front to rear due to undercovers

Fail 25 Aug 2026 180,945 miles

Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) DANGEROUS

Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour but not likely to obscure the vision of other road users (8.2.2.2 (c))

Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))

Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement front arm inner bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened corroded and unable to fully check due to plastic covers (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling slightly deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))

Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear arm bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear frame arm mounting areas (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive rear frame and mounting areas (5.3.6 (a) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

unable to check brake pipes front to rear due to covers

Pass 8 Aug 2025 174,263 miles

Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated n/s and o/s fronts uppers and lowers (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule all fronts and rears (1.1.12 (f) (i))

Brake hose slightly deteriorated fronts and rears (1.1.12 (b) (ii))

Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour but not likely to obscure the vision of other road users (8.2.2.2 (c))

Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))

Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement front arm inner bush deebonding (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened outer mount area corroded (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling slightly deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))

Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting corroded but its strength is not seriously reduced all rear arm mountings on frame corroded (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement all rear arm bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear frame and mounting areas corroded (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge both fronts wearing slightly edges (5.2.3 (e))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

Fail 5 Aug 2025 174,261 miles

Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))

Offside Rear Tyre has ply or cords exposed (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) DANGEROUS

Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated n/s and o/s fronts uppers and lowers (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule all fronts and rears (1.1.12 (f) (i))

Brake hose slightly deteriorated fronts and rears (1.1.12 (b) (ii))

Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour but not likely to obscure the vision of other road users (8.2.2.2 (c))

Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))

Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened outer mount area corroded and plastic cover fitted (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement front arm inner bush deebonding (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling slightly deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))

Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting corroded but its strength is not seriously reduced all rear arm mountings on frame corroded (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement all rear arm bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear frame and mounting areas corroded (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge n/s/r and both front tyres wearing edges (5.2.3 (e))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

Pass 25 Mar 2025 172,544 miles

Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated n/s and o/s front uppers and lowers (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule all (1.1.12 (f) (i))

Brake hose slightly deteriorated n/s and o/s fronts (1.1.12 (b) (ii))

Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour but not likely to obscure the vision of other road users (8.2.2.2 (c))

Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement front inner bush debonding (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened mounting areas / arm mounting areas (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear arms (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

Pass 28 Mar 2024 168,880 miles

Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated n/s and o/s fronts uppers and lowers (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule all (1.1.12 (f) (i))

Brake hose slightly deteriorated n/s and o/s fronts (1.1.12 (b) (ii))

Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Rear Inner Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear frame and mounting areas (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

Fail 12 Mar 2024 168,716 miles

Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault (1.6 (b))

Boot lid cannot be secured in the closed position (6.2.1 (e))

Electronic stability control switch not functioning correctly (7.12 (d))

Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated n/s and o/s fronts uppers and lowers (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule all (1.1.12 (f) (i))

Brake hose slightly deteriorated n/s and o/s fronts (1.1.12 (b) (ii))

Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear suspension frame and mounting areas (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

Pass 7 Mar 2023 166,197 miles

Brake hose slightly deteriorated all brake hoses (1.1.12 (b) (ii))

Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material and unable to fully check front to rears due to covers (1.1.11 (c))

Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))

Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement n/s and o/s front arms inner bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear frame front arm mounting corroded and o/s/r frame mount corroded (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

reverse lamps inop

Pass 2 Mar 2022 160,225 miles

Brake hose slightly deteriorated both fronts (1.1.12 (b) (ii))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened rear suspension frame corroded around front arm mountings (5.3.3 (b) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

unable to fully check brake pipes front to rear due to under covers

Pass 3 Mar 2021 154,097 miles

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

engine oil level low

unable to fully check brake pipes front to rear due to under covers

Fail 9 Feb 2021 153,943 miles

Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))

Offside Rear Brake insecure brake back plate corroded (1.1.21 (c))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Nearside Rear brake back plate corroded

Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))

Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))

unable to fully check front to rear brake pipes due to under covers

Pass 6 Feb 2020 149,089 miles

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material and unable to fully check front to rear pipes due to undercovers (1.1.11 (c))

Offside Rear brake backplate corroded

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))

Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing both rears (5.2.3 (d) (ii))

Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge both fronts wearing edges (5.2.3 (e))

Pass 18 Feb 2019 143,200 miles

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))

unable to fully check front to rear brake pipes due to vehicle construction

Fail 15 Feb 2019 143,198 miles

Offside Front Brake pipe excessively corroded (1.1.11 (c))

Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (1.1.11 (c))

Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))

unable to fully check front to rear brake pipes due to vehicle construction

Pass 15 Feb 2018 140,454 miles
Pass 23 Mar 2017 129,928 miles
Pass 11 Mar 2016 117,176 miles

Brake pedal rubber wearing on the edge

Front tyres worn bold on inner edges

Pass 31 Mar 2015 106,944 miles
Fail 30 Mar 2015 106,944 miles

Nearside Front coil spring fractured (2.4.C.1a)

Fail 7 Mar 2014 93,299 miles

Nearside Side repeater has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating (1.4.A.2c)

Offside Side repeater deteriorated, but still visible from a reasonable distance (1.4.A.2e)

Steering column top bearing slightly worn (2.1.2c)

Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)

Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'A' (8.3.1d)

Pass 7 Mar 2014 93,299 miles

Offside Side repeater deteriorated, but still visible from a reasonable distance (1.4.A.2e)

Steering column top bearing slightly worn (2.1.2c)

Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)

Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'A' (8.3.1d)

Pass 27 Mar 2013 83,226 miles

Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)

Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)

Pass 27 Mar 2012 52,523 miles

Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)

Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)

Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)

Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'A' (8.3.1d)

Pass 1 Apr 2011 20,351 miles

How Reliable is the Mercedes-benz C?

Based on 8,031,355 MOT tests across 683,668 vehicles.

77.6%
Pass Rate
6,412
Miles/Year
32
Year Lifespan
683,668
On UK Roads

Top MOT Failure Points

Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 240,078
Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint 76,831
Track rod end ball joint has excessive play 67,503
Brake pipe excessively corroded 66,298
coil spring broken 61,560
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LS08 RRU is a 2008 Mercedes-benz C in Black with a 2,148cc diesel engine. This vehicle has been through 25 MOT tests with a personal pass rate of 68%.

Across all 2008 Mercedes-benz C models, the average MOT pass rate is 77.7% with a typical mileage of 81,042 miles. This particular vehicle has a lower pass rate than the average for its year, which may indicate maintenance issues worth investigating.

The most common reason a Mercedes-benz C fails its MOT is tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, accounting for 240,078 recorded failures. If you're considering buying LS08 RRU, it's worth having these areas checked by a mechanic before committing.

The Mercedes-benz C typically stays on UK roads for around 32 years. At 18 years old, this Mercedes-benz C is well into its expected lifespan but still has years ahead.

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LS08 RRU is a 2008 Mercedes-benz C, first registered on 30 March 2008.

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