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

46.3%
historical failure rate from 2,479 tests in this age band
19.4 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
Lamps & Electrics14.3%
Brakes10.9%
Suspension10.3%
Body & Chassis9.8%
Visibility6.1%
Steering2.9%
Tyres2.7%

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 11.3% 6,930 Tyres
3-5 years 14.9% 29,399 Tyres
6-10 years 17.0% 16,240 Suspension
11-15 years 22.9% 288 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 46.3% 2,479 Lamps & Electrics

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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