MOT pass rates · 2025 data

Mercedes-Benz MOT pass rates by model

Mercedes-Benz cars passed 80.28% of their 985,227 initial MOT tests in 2025, above the 77.3% average across all cars. Across the 37 Mercedes-Benz models with enough tests to report, results range from 92.59% (A 180) down to 62.79% (CLC).

80.28% Pass rate
985,227 Tests in 2025
37 Models covered
10.2 Avg age at test

Every Mercedes-Benz model, ranked by pass rate

Model Pass rate Tests Avg miles
A 180 92.59% 6,992 27,190
GLB 91.61% 11,201 34,778
EQA 91.52% 7,074 32,204
C 200 91.4% 2,466 26,453
A 250 90.18% 14,734 44,660
C 220 89.45% 2,075 41,157
GLE 88.79% 33,033 58,174
AMG 88.11% 1,716 26,978
GLC 88.01% 81,421 55,968
A 200 88% 8,374 44,437
GLS 87.83% 1,874 69,059
E 220 87.62% 6,881 58,928
EQB 86.61% 2,263 30,677
E 300 86.5% 1,800 52,842
SLC 86.37% 8,269 37,547
GL 86.11% 3,088 102,326
S-Class 85.97% 23,727 96,755
GLA 85.48% 86,803 54,185
SL 85.22% 20,389 69,100
EQC 85.21% 12,414 37,050
CLA 83.53% 72,854 60,094
Unclassified 82.64% 2,765 77,434
300 81.76% 2,632 112,109
CL 81.38% 2,852 92,636
ML 77.87% 28,598 112,981
A-Class 77.86% 233,512 74,599
R-Class 77.62% 1,725 124,668
CLS 77.58% 22,037 95,266
190 E 77.01% 1,927 120,198
SLK 75.48% 54,115 71,795
Sprinter 75.47% 22,807 131,026
B-Class 74.91% 60,783 77,807
Vito 73.61% 84,511 142,978
Viano 72.68% 4,996 152,919
Citan 69.89% 19,617 105,590
CLK 68.85% 25,001 104,273
CLC 62.79% 7,901 103,229

Checking a specific Mercedes-Benz

Model averages are a starting point. For the car you are actually looking at, run its registration through a free MOT history check, or a full car history check for finance, write-off, stolen and mileage records the MOT does not cover.

Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.