Mercedes-Benz 208 MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz 208s passed their MOT first time 80% of the time across 5 tests in 2025.

These figures come from only 5 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.

First-time pass rate

80%

MOTs analysed

5

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

1986 diesel

1 MOT

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 117,068 (most between 117,068 and 117,068).

2006: 50% → 2007: 0% → 2008: 0% → 2009: 50% → 2010: 50% → 2011: 67% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 33% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 67% → 2016: 33% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Load sensing valves: linkage obviously incorrectly adjusted (100.0%)

Where 1986 208s fail

Brakes

100.0%

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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.