Does the Mercedes-Benz GLA fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?
The Mercedes-Benz GLA records 0.35 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.26 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) (+0.09, 95% interval +0.08 to +0.11). It ranks 225 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on vehicle identification · check a Mercedes-Benz GLA by registration
What exactly fails on vehicle identification?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mercedes-Benz GLA is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 979 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements | 979 | 0.28 |
| Number plate missing or so insecure that it is likely to fall off | 130 | 0.04 |
| Number plate showing an incorrect registration | 82 | 0.02 |
| Number plate inscription missing or illegible | 60 | 0.02 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 353,008 (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 GLA gets a vehicle identification advisory, how often does it fail next time?
0.8% of Mercedes-Benz GLA MOTs with a vehicle identification advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 11.8 months and 10,328 miles later (1,402 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,402 (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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