Pass rate
96.5%
Above average — 7.0 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 57 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £47–£116
2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 69,751 mi
Only 57 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
37.9% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 96.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2013 70.0% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 26.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.4%
- Typical mileage
- 70k mi
The 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 MOT pass rate is 96.5% of its MOT tests — 7.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz 220 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 37.9% of everything recorded on the 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220, against 19.8% nationally — 18.1 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 89.5% and this one manages 96.5% — 7.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 7.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.4%. The median 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 in this dataset had covered 69,751 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 3.51% of tests.
- 57 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.5% overall pass rate, 96.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz 220, the average is 78.7% — best year 2019 (96.5%), worst 2013 (70.0%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 57
- Typical mileage (median)
- 69,751 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz 220
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 220 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 220
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 29 | 96.6% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2019 220
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2019 220
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the suspension joints 1.8% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2019 220 through its MOT
Across the 4 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £47–£116 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 4 common items
- £47–£116
- Cheapest common item: ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 75%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 57 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the 220, side by side
15 model years on record, from 2005 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.0% to 96.5% — a spread of 26.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 75.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 73.9% ball joint excessively worn
- 2007 71.3% rigid brake pipes excessively…
- 2008 72.5% ball joint excessively worn
- 2009 73.4% ball joint excessively worn
- 2010 76.6% ball joint excessively worn
- 2011 74.1% ball joint excessively worn
- 2012 73.5% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2013 70.0% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2014 85.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2015 83.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 86.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2017 86.8% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2018 84.4% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2019 96.5%has ply or cords exposed
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2019 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Rx 96.3%
- Levc Tx Vista Comfort 96.2%
- Bentley Continental 96.1%
- Aston Martin Vantage 95.9%
- Lexus Ux 95.8%
- Porsche 911 95.8%
Closest pass rates among 2019 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 4 failure items · 6 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 29 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 11 | 37.90% | 19.76% | +18.14 |
| Brakes | 10 | 34.50% | 20.89% | +13.61 |
| Suspension | 5 | 17.20% | 20.98% | −3.78 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 6.90% | 4.18% | +2.72 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 3.40% | 5.57% | −2.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.8% | £80–250 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 14.0% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.5% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 12 | 83.3% | 16,217 mi |
| 30-60k | 9 | 100.0% | 48,804 mi |
| 60-90k | 16 | 100.0% | 70,779 mi |
| 90-120k | 7 | 100.0% | 101,134 mi |
| 120k+ | 13 | 100.0% | 195,252 mi |
Source: 57 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2019 220 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220?
96.5% of the 57 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 96.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (3.51%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (1.75%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.75%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Mercedes-Benz 220 in this dataset had covered 69,751 mi.