Mercedes-Benz Sprinter MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz Sprinters passed their MOT first time 71% of the time across 24 tests in 2025. 231,953 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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These figures come from 24 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

71%

MOTs analysed

24

Still licensed (GB)

231,953

Body type

–

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

2011 diesel

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 218,469 (most between 218,469 and 218,469).

2011: 100% → 2012: 82% → 2013: 81% → 2014: 72% → 2015: 68% → 2016: 66% → 2017: 62% → 2018: 61% → 2019: 58% → 2020: 61% → 2022: 0% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Rigid brake pipes: leaking on a hydraulic braking system (100.0%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (100.0%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (100.0%)

Where 2011 Sprinters 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.