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Mercedes-Benz Vito MOT fail rate by age

How often the Mercedes-Benz Vito fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 350,481 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=31,108)26.3%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test97,025
All cars, median mileage44,951

303 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Mercedes-Benz Vito fails 21.7% of MOTs (21,097 tests), 9.7 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 22 years it fails 48.1% (1,261 tests), 7.1 points above the 41.0% average.
  • The gap is widest at 4 years: 11.0 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Coil spring broken, at 5.2 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 22 years 53.0%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Mercedes-Benz Vito: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years21.7%21,09712.1%+9.7 pts49,150 miles
4 years24.3%25,40013.4%+11.0 pts64,210 miles
5 years24.9%29,24615.3%+9.6 pts81,921 miles
6 years26.3%31,10817.8%+8.5 pts97,025 miles
7 years28.8%27,43520.6%+8.2 pts107,724 miles
8 years30.0%25,66823.8%+6.2 pts119,168 miles
9 years32.6%21,66027.1%+5.5 pts126,952 miles
10 years34.5%20,21730.3%+4.2 pts139,783 miles
11 years35.9%18,76633.3%+2.7 pts149,209 miles
12 years37.8%17,76236.0%+1.8 pts153,418 miles
13 years38.5%17,14338.3%+0.3 pts157,243 miles
14 years40.2%17,45140.3%0.0 pts161,096 miles
15 years41.3%18,41141.6%−0.3 pts162,774 miles
16 years42.7%17,70742.6%+0.1 pts163,553 miles
17 years43.8%15,46843.1%+0.7 pts162,016 miles
18 years44.1%11,63043.3%+0.9 pts158,243 miles
19 years45.4%7,10443.2%+2.2 pts150,003 miles
20 years47.4%3,87442.8%+4.7 pts138,942 miles
21 years46.3%2,07342.1%+4.3 pts126,516 miles
22 years48.1%1,26141.0%+7.1 pts119,657 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Coil spring broken Major5.2
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major2.9
Suspension ball joint worn Major2.5
Handbrake too weak Major2.4
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Major2

Out of 31,108 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous2.8
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous2.7
Wipers not clearing screen Major2.4
Dipped headlight not working Major2.4
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major1.6

Out of 31,108 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter16.5%4,98017.8%
Ford Transit26.1%108,42417.8%
Volkswagen Transporter21.3%78,85317.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200419 years in 202345.6%1,22943.2%
200520 years in 202545.3%1,59742.8%
200619 years in 202542.2%3,06643.2%
200718 years in 202542.7%3,89543.3%
200817 years in 202541.8%3,94843.1%
200916 years in 202539.2%3,76442.6%
201015 years in 202538.6%3,94541.6%
201114 years in 202538.1%3,36940.3%
201213 years in 202535.3%4,16138.3%
201312 years in 202535.6%4,50736.0%
201411 years in 202534.0%4,72033.3%
201510 years in 202532.8%5,01030.3%
20169 years in 202531.3%6,22327.1%
20178 years in 202528.5%9,04723.8%
20187 years in 202527.6%6,46120.6%
20196 years in 202525.2%8,95617.8%
20205 years in 202524.7%4,40515.3%
20214 years in 202522.9%5,15513.4%

More on the Mercedes-Benz Vito

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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