Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Recorded MOT Outcomes

32.0%
historical failure rate from 880,666 tests
5.1 percentage points above 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 21.7% 78,112 Lamps & Electrics
3-5 years 24.1% 257,359 Lamps & Electrics
6-10 years 34.0% 312,754 Lamps & Electrics
11-15 years 41.0% 151,506 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 42.8% 80,935 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

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

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics8.9%
Brakes8.0%
Suspension3.9%
Visibility3.1%
Tyres2.2%
Body & Chassis2.1%
Steering1.7%

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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