Pass rate
86.1%
Above average — 3.4 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 251 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£91
2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C MOT pass rate
- 2019
- 2 trims combined
- typical 34,076 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
45.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 92.4% pass
- Avoid 2019 86.1% pass · this year
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 6.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.2%
- Typical mileage
- 34k mi
The 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C MOT pass rate is 86.1% of its MOT tests — 3.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 45.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz AMG C does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 45.5% of everything recorded on the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Amg C, against 19.8% nationally — 25.7 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 89.5%; this one manages 86.1% — 3.4 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 11% 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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Every Mercedes-Benz AMG C first registered in 2019 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 3.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.2%. The median 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C in this dataset had covered 34,076 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.3% of the time, April–September 91.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 2.79% of tests.
- 251 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.1% overall pass rate, 84.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz AMG C, the average is 88.7% — best year 2023 (92.4%), worst 2019 (86.1%).
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
- 251
- Typical mileage (median)
- 34,076 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C
- 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 AMG C MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the AMG C
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 60 | 83.3% |
| South West | 40 | 87.5% |
| West Midlands | 34 | 82.4% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 91.3% |
| London | 22 | 100.0% |
| North West | 22 | 81.8% |
| North East | 18 | 72.2% |
| East of England | 18 | 94.4% |
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 AMG C
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 AMG C
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 windscreen 1.6% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.6% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the coil springs 0.8% 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 2019 AMG C through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£91 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£91
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 251 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 AMG C, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2019 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.1% to 92.4% — a spread of 6.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 86.1%has ply or cords exposed
- 2020 88.2% has ply or cords exposed
- 2021 88.4% has ply or cords exposed
- 2022 91.9% has ply or cords exposed
- 2023 92.4% headlamp aim too high
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 AMG C 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
- Citroen C4 86.0%
- Dacia Logan 86.0%
- Ford Allied 86.0%
- Citroen C4 Cactus 85.9%
- Fiat TIPO 85.9%
- SEAT Leon Fr 86.3%
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 AMG C 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 144 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 | 66 | 45.50% | 19.76% | +25.74 |
| Brakes | 21 | 14.50% | 20.89% | −6.39 |
| Suspension | 18 | 12.40% | 20.98% | −8.58 |
| Visibility | 14 | 9.70% | 4.97% | +4.73 |
| Road Wheels | 10 | 6.90% | 0.75% | +6.15 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 5.50% | 4.18% | +1.32 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 2.10% | 5.52% | −3.42 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.40% | 5.57% | −4.17 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 0.70% | 12.21% | −11.51 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.70% | 2.57% | −1.87 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Fractured Road Wheels | Major | 2.4% | £20–55 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 0.80% | £60–150 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.80% | £25–65 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.80% | £30–75 |
| Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.80% | £20–80 |
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 | 12.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 3.2% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 100 | 87.0% | 22,327 mi |
| 30-60k | 128 | 85.9% | 43,194 mi |
| 60-90k | 23 | 82.6% | 69,968 mi |
Source: 251 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 AMG C MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C?
86.1% of the 251 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 84.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (2.79%), fractured (2.39%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.59%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.0% of the time, falling to 82.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C in this dataset had covered 34,076 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Mercedes-Benz AMG C MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.