Does the Mercedes-Benz CL fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?
The Mercedes-Benz CL records 0.87 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.66 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) (+0.21, 95% interval +0.06 to +0.36). It ranks 136 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on vehicle identification?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mercedes-Benz CL is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 92 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements | 92 | 0.60 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 15,400 (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
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