Does the Mercedes-Benz 220 fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Mercedes-Benz 220 records 0.85 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.42 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.43, 95% interval +0.16 to +0.70). It ranks 34 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Mercedes-Benz 220 by registration

No single road wheels defect wording reaches 30 items on the Mercedes-Benz 220; the failures are spread across several.