Sample Buying Report
What a Mercedes-Benz E-Class Buying Report covers
DVSA MOT tests 2022–2025 · 964,062 MOT tests · Updated
A Buying Report, £14.99 incl. VAT, reads one car's MOT record against 130,233,413 MOT tests of cars like it [1].
- 4 parts: Model risks for this year and fuel, what similar cars did at their next MOT, repairs ahead, viewing checklist.
- One car, no subscription: each report is for one registration.
- Not a mechanical inspection: it reads records, it does not look at the car.
What a Mercedes-Benz E-Class report starts from
At 6 years, 14.9% of Mercedes-Benz E-Class MOT tests ended in a fail once adjusted for mileage (87,768 MOT tests): lower than the 17.9% for all class 4 vehicles the same age at the same mileage. The raw rate is 15.1%. [1]
Its most common fail items at 6 years, other than wear items: suspension ball joint worn (2.4 per 100 MOT tests), road wheel condition: fractured (1.4 per 100 MOT tests), malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.1 per 100 MOT tests).
Typical recorded mileage at that test: 57,466 miles.
The report then reads one Mercedes-Benz E-Class's own MOT record against these numbers: whether its advisories point at the same parts, and what cars with the same advisories did at their next MOT.
More on this model: Mercedes-Benz E-Class MOT fail rate by age · Mercedes-Benz E-Class common problems
What the Buying Report covers
Model risks for this year and fuel
What tends to fail on this model at this age and with this fuel, from DVSA MOT tests, and which of those the car's own MOT record already points to.
What similar cars did at their next MOT
What cars advised on the same parts (or given a minor defect for them) did at their next MOT, about 10 to 16 months later, against cars without those advisories.
Repairs ahead
The repairs the record points to, with labelled cost estimates: labour time at an ONS hourly rate, plus parts.
Viewing checklist
What to look at and what to ask on a viewing, one line per risk the report found.
Buying Report £14.99 incl. VAT · one car · no subscription · Not a mechanical inspection.
One example from the data
Of Mercedes-Benz E-Class cars aged 6 to 8 that were advised on their brake pipes (or given a minor defect for them), 6.5 in 100 failed on brake pipes at the next MOT, against 0.1 in 100 Mercedes-Benz E-Class cars without that advisory (1,823 pairs of tests with it). [1] A report puts figures like these next to the car's own advisories.
What the report does not cover
- It is not a mechanical inspection, and it does not say a car is good.
- It does not cover outstanding finance, insurance write-offs, police records of stolen cars or keeper changes.
- It shows no valuation until we have a valuation source we may show you.
- What similar cars did is evidence about the model, not a promise about one car.
See the model figures for another car
Buying Report £14.99 incl. VAT · one car · no subscription · Not a mechanical inspection.
Sources
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2022 to 2025. DVSA MOT data, Open Government Licence v3.0, 130,233,413 MOT tests. Accessed 7 Oct 2026.