Pass rate
88.9%
Above average — 6.8 pts ahead of the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 54 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £18–£49
2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 MOT pass rate
- 2015
- typical 51,826 mi
Only 54 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
38.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 89.0% pass
- Avoid 2010 76.8% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 12.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.5%
- Typical mileage
- 52k mi
The 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 MOT pass rate is 88.9% of its MOT tests — 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 38.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz A180 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 38.5% of everything recorded on the 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180, against 19.8% nationally — 18.7 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 82.1% and this one manages 88.9% — 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 54 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.5%. The median 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 in this dataset had covered 51,826 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 69% of tests, with a 86.5% pass rate.
The single most recorded failure item is "Stop lamp not working", noted on 5.56% of tests.
- 54 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.9% overall pass rate, 87.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz A180, the average is 82.9% — best year 2013 (89.0%), worst 2010 (76.8%).
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
- 54
- Typical mileage (median)
- 51,826 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz A180
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Stop Light Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the A180 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (69% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the A180
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2015 A180
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 2015 A180
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 lights 5.6% of tests
“stop lamp not working”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 1.9% 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.
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Check the coil springs 1.9% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2015 A180 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £18–£49 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £18–£49
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: has ply or cords exposed
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 54 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 A180, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2009 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.8% to 89.0% — a spread of 12.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 77.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 76.8% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2011 77.3% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2013 89.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 86.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2015 88.9%stop lamp not working
- 2016 83.6% coil spring fractured or broken
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 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 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 2015 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2015 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 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 52 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 | 20 | 38.50% | 19.76% | +18.74 |
| Brakes | 11 | 21.20% | 20.89% | +0.31 |
| Suspension | 6 | 11.50% | 20.98% | −9.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 11.50% | 12.21% | −0.71 |
| Visibility | 2 | 3.80% | 4.97% | −1.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 3.80% | 1.76% | +2.04 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.90% | 5.52% | −3.62 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 1.90% | 0.82% | +1.08 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 1.90% | 0.75% | +1.15 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 5.6% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.7% | £5–25 |
| Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.7% | £20–80 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £25–65 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Major | 1.9% | £20–55 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Rectified | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.7% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 83.3% | 23,875 mi |
| 30-60k | 29 | 93.1% | 45,835 mi |
| 60-90k | 19 | 84.2% | 74,473 mi |
Source: 54 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.
2015 A180 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180?
88.9% of the 54 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 82.1% for cars first used in 2015. First-attempt pass rate: 87.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180?
The three most recorded items are stop lamp not working (5.56%), position lamp not working (3.70%), window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.70%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 84.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180 in this dataset had covered 51,826 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2015 Mercedes-Benz A180?
Petrol: 86.5% pass rate across 37 tests. Diesel: 94.1% pass rate across 17 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.