MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Mercedes-Benz CL MOT pass rate
The Mercedes-Benz CL passed 81.38% of its 2,852 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 4.1 percentage points better than average.
How the Mercedes-Benz CL holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Mercedes-Benz CL grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 14 | 85.71% |
| 6–10 years | 23 | 86.96% |
| 11 years and over | 2,814 | 81.31% |
The Mercedes-Benz CL only loses 4.4 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, so it holds its test performance unusually well as it ages.
Why the Mercedes-Benz CL fails its MOT
Across every Mercedes-Benz CL that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was brakes, accounting for 26.65% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 26.65% | 149 |
| Suspension | 23.43% | 131 |
| Tyres | 13.06% | 73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12.52% | 70 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8.94% | 50 |
| Visibility | 6.08% | 34 |
| Suspension | 24.71% | 214 |
| Brakes | 24.25% | 210 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 18.94% | 164 |
| Tyres | 9.82% | 85 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5.31% | 46 |
| Visibility | 3.81% | 33 |
How the Mercedes-Benz CL compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Mercedes-Benz CL sits 291st of 651 models in this data , and 24th of the 37 Mercedes-Benz models covered . Mercedes-Benz as a whole averaged 80.28%, so this model runs 1.1 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Mercedes-Benz CL
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Mercedes-Benz CL came to its 2025 test at 92,636 miles and 19.1 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Mercedes-Benz CL
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Mercedes-Benz models
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 77.86% pass rate · 233,512 tests
- Mercedes-Benz GLA 85.48% pass rate · 86,803 tests
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 73.61% pass rate · 84,511 tests
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 88.01% pass rate · 81,421 tests
- Mercedes-Benz CLA 83.53% pass rate · 72,854 tests
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class 74.91% pass rate · 60,783 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Toyota Yaris 80.34% pass rate
- Honda Jazz 80.64% pass rate
- Kia Sportage 80.57% pass rate
- Toyota Aygo 81.42% pass rate
- Land Rover Discovery 81.32% pass rate
- Toyota Auris 80.35% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.