Pass rate
92.4%
Above average — 10.3 pts ahead of the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 172 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £49–£122
2015 Mercedes-Benz V220 MOT pass rate
- 2015
- typical 173,367 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
23.6% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 92.5% pass
- Avoid 2015 92.4% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.8%
- Typical mileage
- 173k mi
The 2015 Mercedes-Benz V220 MOT pass rate is 92.4% of its MOT tests — 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz V220 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
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 92.4% — 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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. 172 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 V220 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.8%. The median 2015 Mercedes-Benz V220 in this dataset had covered 173,367 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.8% of the time, April–September 93.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.49% of tests.
- 172 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.4% overall pass rate, 91.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz V220, the average is 92.4% — best year 2016 (92.5%), worst 2015 (92.4%).
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
- 172
- Typical mileage (median)
- 173,367 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz V220
- 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 V220 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the V220
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 77 | 92.2% |
| London | 41 | 97.6% |
| East of England | 18 | 94.4% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 86.7% |
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 V220
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 V220
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 3.5% 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 coil springs 1.2% 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 tyre tread 1.2% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 V220 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £49–£122 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £49–£122
- Cheapest common item: ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 172 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 V220, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2015 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.4% to 92.5% — a spread of 0.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2015 92.4%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 92.5% ball joint excessively worn
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 V220 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 V220 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 147 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 | 35 | 23.60% | 19.76% | +3.84 |
| Brakes | 33 | 22.30% | 20.89% | +1.41 |
| Suspension | 29 | 19.60% | 20.98% | −1.38 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 13 | 8.80% | 5.52% | +3.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11 | 7.40% | 12.21% | −4.81 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 6.10% | 4.18% | +1.92 |
| Visibility | 8 | 5.40% | 4.97% | +0.43 |
| Steering | 3 | 2.00% | 2.57% | −0.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 2.00% | 0.82% | +1.18 |
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 | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £25–65 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.58% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.58% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint likely to become detached Suspension | Major | 0.58% | £18–45 |
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 0.58% | £60–150 |
| Damaged Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 0.58% | £40–120 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction Brakes | Major | 0.58% | £25–80 |
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 | 10.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.7% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.8% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.2% | £200–700 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.2% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 4 | 75.0% | 48,724 mi |
| 60-90k | 17 | 100.0% | 80,745 mi |
| 90-120k | 18 | 88.9% | 103,762 mi |
| 120k+ | 128 | 93.0% | 201,368 mi |
Source: 172 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 V220 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 Mercedes-Benz V220?
92.4% of the 172 2015 Mercedes-Benz V220 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 82.1% for cars first used in 2015. First-attempt pass rate: 91.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2015 Mercedes-Benz V220?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.49%), coil spring fractured or broken (1.16%), has ply or cords exposed (1.16%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 Mercedes-Benz V220 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 93.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 Mercedes-Benz V220 in this dataset had covered 173,367 mi.
Does the season affect the 2015 Mercedes-Benz V220 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.