Mercedes-Benz Traveliner MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz Traveliners passed their MOT first time 68% of the time across 122 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

68%

MOTs analysed

122

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

2013 diesel

10 MOTs

These figures come from only 10 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 70%. Typical mileage 332,293 (most between 127,441 and 337,967).

2021: 75% → 2022: 90% → 2023: 71% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 70%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (20.0%)
Attachment: fixing missing (10.0%)
Condition: not fitted in accordance with side wall instructions (10.0%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (10.0%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (10.0%)

Where 2013 Traveliners fail

Wheels & tyres

20.0%

Brakes

20.0%

Suspension & axles

20.0%

Steering

10.0%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

10.0%

Visibility & wipers

10.0%

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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.