Mercedes-Benz Estate MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz Estates passed their MOT first time 60% 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

60%

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

2000 diesel

2 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 141,521 (most between 123,294 and 159,748).

2006: 50% → 2007: 60% → 2008: 80% → 2009: 60% → 2010: 83% → 2011: 67% → 2012: 60% → 2013: 80% → 2014: 75% → 2015: 75% → 2016: 67% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 75% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 75% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Lever: ratchet not holding correctly (50.0%)
Ball joint excessively worn (50.0%)
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (50.0%)

Where 2000 Estates fail

Brakes

50.0%

Steering

50.0%

Suspension & axles

50.0%

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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.