Mercedes-Benz A-Class MOT pass rate by year
How the Mercedes-Benz A-Class's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1998 to 2019, across the DVSA record.
What is the Mercedes-Benz A-Class MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Mercedes-Benz A-Class model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Mercedes-Benz A-Class averages 22.5% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 64.8% | 35.2% | 39,255 |
| 1999 | 65.5% | 34.5% | 172,172 |
| 2000 | 66.4% | 33.6% | 199,770 |
| 2001 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 249,360 |
| 2002 | 70.1% | 29.9% | 257,988 |
| 2003 | 72.0% | 28.0% | 248,415 |
| 2004 | 72.2% | 27.8% | 150,857 |
| 2005 | 75.4% | 24.6% | 175,590 |
| 2006 | 75.3% | 24.7% | 204,119 |
| 2007 | 76.6% | 23.4% | 186,813 |
| 2008 | 77.1% | 22.9% | 168,871 |
| 2009 | 78.5% | 21.5% | 146,296 |
| 2010 | 78.9% | 21.1% | 115,623 |
| 2011 | 79.9% | 20.1% | 89,559 |
| 2012 | 79.9% | 20.1% | 78,763 |
| 2013 | 81.3% | 18.7% | 197,385 |
| 2014 | 81.4% | 18.6% | 282,129 |
| 2015 | 82.6% | 17.4% | 285,401 |
| 2016 | 84.1% | 15.9% | 350,040 |
| 2017 | 85.5% | 14.5% | 333,560 |
| 2018 | 86.9% | 13.1% | 266,200 |
| 2019 | 88.0% | 12.0% | 48,695 |
Does age change how often a Mercedes-Benz A-Class fails?
Older Mercedes-Benz A-Classs fail more often, as expected. The 1998 cars fail 35.2% of tests against 12.0% for the 2019. Across every year the model averages 22.5%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 35.2%, and the 2019 the strongest at 12.0%.
More on the Mercedes-Benz A-Class
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Mercedes-Benz A-Class: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Mercedes-Benz models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain