Mercedes-Benz B180 MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz B180s passed their MOT first time 83% of the time across 95 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 95 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

83%

MOTs analysed

95

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2016 diesel

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 67%. Typical mileage 62,687 (most between 49,394 and 66,534).

2019: 67% → 2020: 67% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (33.3%)

2016 petrol

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 67%. Typical mileage 49,412 (most between 44,354 and 60,854).

2018: 100% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Washers: not working (33.3%)
Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (33.3%)

Where 2016 B180s fail

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

33.3%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.