Does the Mercedes-Benz CLS fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Mercedes-Benz CLS records 1.53 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.45 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.08, 95% interval +1.01 to +1.14). It ranks 6 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 CLS is “Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel”, recorded 1,420 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 1,420 | 1.01 |
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 582 | 0.42 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 69 | 0.05 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 36 | 0.03 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 139,937 (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 CLS gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
3.1% of Mercedes-Benz CLS MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,749 miles later (1,795 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,795 (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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