11-15-Year Mercedes-Benz E-Class Recorded MOT Outcomes

27.9%
historical failure rate from 219,004 tests in this age band
1.0 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
Suspension6.6%
Brakes5.1%
Tyres4.2%
Lamps & Electrics3.6%
Visibility1.2%
Body & Chassis0.6%
Steering0.5%

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 11.9% 48,181 Tyres
3-5 years 12.6% 269,378 Tyres
6-10 years 19.3% 461,852 Tyres
11-15 years 27.9% 219,004 Suspension
15+ years 32.2% 121,748 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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