Mercedes-Benz MOT statistics 2024
Across 1,651,026 initial tests, the Mercedes-Benz families published here had a test-weighted failure rate of 20.55% — 5.46 percentage points below the national rate of 26.01%.
| Family | Index | % failing | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes E Class MOT data | 75.8 | 19.86% | 419,012 |
| Mercedes C Class MOT data | 83.6 | 22.55% | 646,907 |
| Mercedes A Class MOT data | 91.3 | 18.83% | 585,107 |
Best and worst within Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes E Class has the lowest age-adjusted risk in this published Mercedes-Benz set: index 75.8, with 19.86% of 419,012 initial tests finding a failing defect. Mercedes A Class is the highest-risk Mercedes-Benz family here at index 91.3 and 18.83% failing across 585,107 tests. That is an age-adjusted spread of 15.5 index points.
Browse the complete cars A–Z, explore all MOT statistics, or compare these results with the national MOT failure rates. Dataset release dvsa-2024-v1.