Mercedes-Benz C250 MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz C250s passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 79 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 79 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

63%

MOTs analysed

79

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

2010 petrol

6 MOTs

These figures come from only 6 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 33%. Typical mileage 131,089 (most between 125,671 and 154,234).

2013: 71% → 2014: 86% → 2015: 57% → 2016: 71% → 2017: 86% → 2018: 71% → 2019: 86% → 2020: 71% → 2021: 63% → 2022: 83% → 2023: 33% → 2024: 83% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (33.3%)
Headlamp aim: too low (33.3%)
Position lamp: not working (33.3%)

2010 diesel

4 MOTs

These figures come from only 4 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 100%. Typical mileage 162,583 (most between 153,196 and 166,614).

2012: 100% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 70% → 2015: 75% → 2016: 88% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 75% → 2020: 71% → 2021: 33% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 33% → 2024: 83% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 2010 C250s fail

Lights & electrics

66.7%

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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.