Mercedes-Benz SLS MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz SLSs passed their MOT first time 95% of the time across 324 tests in 2025.

Example photo of a Mercedes-Benz SLS — Photo: Stefan Fliß · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

95%

MOTs analysed

324

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.

In detail:

First registered

2011 petrol

121 MOTs

Passed first time 98%. Typical mileage 18,375 (most between 12,650 and 24,950).

2013: 100% → 2014: 88% → 2015: 93% → 2016: 94% → 2017: 95% → 2018: 93% → 2019: 93% → 2020: 96% → 2021: 92% → 2022: 95% → 2023: 96% → 2024: 94% → 2025: 98%

Most common failures

Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.7%)

Where 2011 SLSs fail

Wheels & tyres

1.7%

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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 (CC BY 4.0, adapted).