Mercedes-Benz E250 MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz E250s passed their MOT first time 69% of the time across 26 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 26 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

69%

MOTs analysed

26

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 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 104,497 (most between 84,584 and 125,267).

2012: 77% → 2013: 93% → 2014: 80% → 2015: 80% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 89% → 2018: 86% → 2019: 63% → 2020: 86% → 2021: 43% → 2022: 86% → 2023: 80% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

2009 petrol

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 0%. Typical mileage 148,383 (most between 148,383 and 148,383).

2012: 67% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 0% → 2021: 0% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (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.