Does the Mercedes-Benz 320 fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Mercedes-Benz 320 records 2.13 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.01 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.88, 95% interval −1.53 to −0.23). It ranks 516 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Mercedes-Benz 320 by registration

No single seat belts and airbags defect wording reaches 30 items on the Mercedes-Benz 320; the failures are spread across several.