Does the Mercedes-Benz CLC fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Mercedes-Benz CLC records 1.89 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.63 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.26, 95% interval +1.13 to +1.39). It ranks 3 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 CLC is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 544 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 544 | 1.24 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 225 | 0.51 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 48 | 0.11 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 44,029 (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 CLC gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
3.5% of Mercedes-Benz CLC MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 8,906 miles later (576 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 576 (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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