Pass rate
93.1%
Above average — 1.1 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 58 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£68
2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl MOT pass rate
- 2022
- 3 trims combined
- typical 9,264 mi
Only 58 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
50.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 93.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 93.1% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.0%
- Typical mileage
- 9k mi
The 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl MOT pass rate is 93.1% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.5× the national share
Tyres make up 50.0% of everything recorded on the 2022 Mercedes-Benz Amg Sl, against 19.8% nationally — 30.2 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 20% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 58 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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Every Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl first registered in 2022 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 1.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.0%. The median 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl in this dataset had covered 9,264 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Fouling a part of the vehicle", noted on 1.72% of tests.
- 58 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.1% overall pass rate, 93.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl, the average is 93.1% — best year 2022 (93.1%), worst 2022 (93.1%).
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
- 58
- Typical mileage (median)
- 9,264 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl
- 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 Sl MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 85% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the AMG Sl
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 15 | 80.0% |
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 2022 AMG Sl
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 2022 AMG Sl
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 shock absorbers 1.7% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.7% 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.
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 2022 AMG Sl through its MOT
Across the 5 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£68 — and 20% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 5 common items
- £30–£68
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: fouling a part of the vehicle
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 20%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 58 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 →
Compare the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Qashqai 93.1%
- Peugeot 2008 93.1%
- BMW 118 93.1%
- Kia Sportage GT-Line 93.1%
- Audi A1 93.0%
- MINI Countryman 93.0%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl 5 failure items · 3 advisories · 4 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 8 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 | 4 | 50.00% | 19.76% | +30.24 |
| Suspension | 2 | 25.00% | 20.98% | +4.02 |
| Visibility | 1 | 12.50% | 4.97% | +7.53 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 12.50% | 0.75% | +11.75 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fouling a part of the vehicle Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Fractured Road Wheels | Major | 1.7% | £20–55 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £30–75 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.7% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 58 | 93.1% | 10,161 mi |
Source: 58 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.
2022 AMG Sl MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl?
93.1% of the 58 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 93.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl?
The three most recorded items are fouling a part of the vehicle (1.72%), fractured (1.72%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.72%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.1% of the time, falling to 93.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG Sl in this dataset had covered 9,264 mi.