Mercedes-Benz A150 MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz A150s passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 34 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 34 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

50%

MOTs analysed

34

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

2009 petrol

5 MOTs

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.

Passed first time 80%. Typical mileage 84,457 (most between 51,735 and 92,970).

2011: 100% → 2012: 87% → 2013: 84% → 2014: 79% → 2015: 87% → 2016: 81% → 2017: 71% → 2018: 63% → 2019: 88% → 2020: 86% → 2021: 71% → 2022: 75% → 2023: 71% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 80%

Most common failures

Washers: jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (20.0%)
Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (20.0%)

Where 2009 A150s fail

Steering

20.0%

Visibility & wipers

20.0%

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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.