Mercedes-Benz CLA Recorded MOT Outcomes

16.7%
historical failure rate from 243,102 tests
10.2 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 13.0% 27,763 Tyres
3-5 years 14.2% 105,784 Tyres
6-10 years 20.0% 108,291 Tyres
11-15 years 24.1% 1,264 Suspension

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Tyres4.1%
Lamps & Electrics1.6%
Visibility1.5%
Brakes1.4%
Suspension1.3%
Body & Chassis0.2%
Steering0.1%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Mercedes-Benz Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

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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