Does the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter records 0.11 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.32 expected for a lcv 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 −0.24 to −0.18). It ranks 423 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 83 times in 2019–2024.

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	83	0.07

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 116,788 (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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Does the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

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