15+-Year Mercedes-Benz C-Class Recorded MOT Outcomes

39.5%
historical failure rate from 219,999 tests in this age band
12.5 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension10.3%
Lamps & Electrics8.4%
Brakes5.8%
Tyres3.7%
Visibility3.3%
Steering1.9%
Body & Chassis1.8%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 10.3% 54,238 Tyres
3-5 years 12.3% 379,299 Tyres
6-10 years 20.1% 703,696 Tyres
11-15 years 33.0% 382,265 Suspension
15+ years 39.5% 219,999 Suspension

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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