Pass rate
91.2%
Above average — 3.6 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 204 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£96
2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb MOT pass rate
- 2023
- 3 trims combined
- typical 26,167 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
67.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 91.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2024 86.0% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 5.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.5%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb MOT pass rate is 91.2% of its MOT tests — 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 67.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz Eqb does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.4× the national share
Tyres make up 67.0% of everything recorded on the 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb, against 19.8% nationally — 47.2 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 94.8%; this one manages 91.2% — 3.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 7% 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 Eqb first registered in 2023 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.5%. The median 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb in this dataset had covered 26,167 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.7% of the time, April–September 96.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 4.90% of tests.
- 204 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.2% overall pass rate, 90.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz Eqb, the average is 88.4% — best year 2023 (91.2%), worst 2024 (86.0%).
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
- 204
- Typical mileage (median)
- 26,167 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz Eqb
- 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 Eqb MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 79% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Eqb
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 70 | 90.0% |
| London | 56 | 94.6% |
| North West | 19 | 89.5% |
| East of England | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2023 Eqb
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 2023 Eqb
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 1.5% 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 suspension joints 1.0% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
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 wipers and washers 1.0% 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 2023 Eqb through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£96 — and 7% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£96
- 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
- 7%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 204 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 Eqb, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2022 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.0% to 91.2% — a spread of 5.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2022 88.5% has ply or cords exposed
- 2023 91.2%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2024 86.0% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- Levc Tx 97.0%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 97 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 | 65 | 67.00% | 19.76% | +47.24 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 12.40% | 4.18% | +8.22 |
| Suspension | 8 | 8.20% | 20.98% | −12.78 |
| Visibility | 6 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Brakes | 4 | 4.10% | 20.89% | −16.79 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 2.10% | 12.21% | −10.11 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 4.9% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.98% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.98% | £8–22 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.49% | £45–110 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.49% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.49% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.49% | £30–80 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.49% | £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 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.4% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 132 | 87.9% | 18,765 mi |
| 30-60k | 62 | 96.8% | 41,652 mi |
| 60-90k | 10 | 100.0% | 69,886 mi |
Source: 204 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.
2023 Eqb MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb?
91.2% of the 204 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 90.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (4.90%), has ply or cords exposed (2.94%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.47%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.9% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb in this dataset had covered 26,167 mi.
Does the season affect the 2023 Mercedes-Benz Eqb MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.