Pass rate
85.4%
Above average — 10.7 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 89 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£99
2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 MOT pass rate
- 2010
- 2 trims combined
- typical 106,097 mi
Only 89 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
Brakes
28.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2010 85.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2010 85.4% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.0%
- Typical mileage
- 106k mi
The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 MOT pass rate is 85.4% of its MOT tests — 10.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz E350 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 28.6% of everything recorded on the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350, against 20.9% nationally — 7.7 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 74.7% and this one manages 85.4% — 10.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 21% 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 E350 first registered in 2010 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 10.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.0%. The median 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 in this dataset had covered 106,097 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 71% of tests, with a 81.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.0% of the time, April–September 88.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 6.74% of tests.
- 89 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.4% overall pass rate, 85.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz E350, the average is 85.4% — best year 2010 (85.4%), worst 2010 (85.4%).
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
- 89
- Typical mileage (median)
- 106,097 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz E350
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the E350 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (71% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the E350
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 27 | 85.2% |
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 2010 E350
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 2010 E350
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 6.7% 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 coil springs 5.6% 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.
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Check the brake pipes 3.4% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 2010 E350 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£99 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£99
- Cheapest common item: headlamp levelling device inoperative
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 89 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 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar Xk 85.5%
- Lexus IS250 85.6%
- Toyota Estima 85.9%
- BMW Z4 84.8%
- Jaguar Xkr 84.5%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.5%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 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 112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 32 | 28.60% | 20.89% | +7.71 |
| Suspension | 23 | 20.50% | 20.98% | −0.48 |
| Tyres | 23 | 20.50% | 19.76% | +0.74 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 9.80% | 5.52% | +4.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 8.00% | 12.21% | −4.21 |
| Visibility | 7 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.80% | 4.18% | −2.38 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.80% | 2.57% | −0.77 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 1.80% | 0.75% | +1.05 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.7% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 5.6% | £25–65 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £80–180 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.6% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.0% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.6% | £40–150 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 5.6% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 14,742 mi |
| 30-60k | 11 | 100.0% | 47,916 mi |
| 60-90k | 18 | 88.9% | 75,624 mi |
| 90-120k | 27 | 74.1% | 107,220 mi |
| 120k+ | 30 | 86.7% | 141,199 mi |
Source: 89 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.
2010 E350 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350?
85.4% of the 89 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 85.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (6.74%), coil spring fractured or broken (5.62%), rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (3.37%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 86.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 in this dataset had covered 106,097 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350?
Diesel: 81.0% pass rate across 63 tests. Petrol: 96.2% pass rate across 26 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.