Does the Mercedes-Benz C-Class fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class records 0.82 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.41 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) (+0.41, 95% interval +0.40 to +0.42). It ranks 37 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mercedes-Benz C-Class is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 9,965 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 9,965 | 0.48 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 5,932 | 0.29 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 643 | 0.03 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 403 | 0.02 |
| A wheel and its fixings not compatible | 31 | 0.00 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,072,470 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Mercedes-Benz C-Class gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
2.1% of Mercedes-Benz C-Class MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 8,150 miles later (9,363 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,363 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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