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Most reliable Mercedes-Benz: MOT failure rates ranked

Updated 05 September 2026.

6.8%
Mercedes-Benz Gt, the most reliable Mercedes-Benz

The most reliable Mercedes-Benz on MOT failure rate is the Mercedes-Benz Gt, at 6.8% failures across 9,743 tests.

RankModelMOT failure rateTests
1Mercedes-Benz Gt6.8%9,743
2Mercedes-Benz B-Class9.0%42,121
3Mercedes-Benz G-Class9.0%7,503
4Mercedes-Benz Glb9.3%34,726
5Mercedes-Benz Eqa10.0%25,885
6Mercedes-Benz Gle10.7%197,720
7Mercedes-Benz Glc10.9%501,289
8Mercedes-Benz Slc11.1%65,609
9Mercedes-Benz Gls11.3%18,275
10Mercedes-Benz A18011.5%10,446
11Mercedes-Benz A-Class11.6%566,672
12Mercedes-Benz Evito11.6%7,656
13Mercedes-Benz Amg11.9%28,510
14Mercedes-Benz Gla12.2%601,225
15Mercedes-Benz Eqb12.9%7,140

Questions and answers

What is the most reliable Mercedes-Benz at MOT?

The most reliable Mercedes-Benz on MOT failure rate is the Mercedes-Benz Gt, at 6.8% failures across 9,743 tests.

Which Mercedes-Benz fails its MOT most often?

The Mercedes-Benz 308 has the highest MOT failure rate of the Mercedes-Benz range, at 38.7%.

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