Pass rate
98.3%
Above average — 22.4 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 60 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £11–£32
2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 50,912 mi
Only 60 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
43.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 98.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2007 77.0% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 21.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 98.3%
- Typical mileage
- 51k mi
The 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 MOT pass rate is 98.3% of its MOT tests — 22.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 43.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz V350 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 43.8% of everything recorded on the 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350, against 19.8% nationally — 24.0 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.
- 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 75.9% and this one manages 98.3% — 22.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 67% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 22.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.3%. The median 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 in this dataset had covered 50,912 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 1.67% of tests.
- 60 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.3% overall pass rate, 98.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz V350, the average is 87.7% — best year 2011 (98.3%), worst 2007 (77.0%).
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
- 60
- Typical mileage (median)
- 50,912 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz V350
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the V350 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the V350
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 45 | 97.8% |
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 2011 V350
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 2011 V350
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 suspension joints 1.7% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 brake pipes 1.7% of tests
“flexible brake hoses slightly twisted”
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.
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Check the lights 1.7% of tests
“position lamp insecure”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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 2011 V350 through its MOT
Across the 6 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £11–£32 — and 67% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 6 common items
- £11–£32
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: flexible brake hoses slightly twisted
- £25–£70
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 67%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 60 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 V350, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2007 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.0% to 98.3% — a spread of 21.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 77.0% srs malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2008 86.1% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2009 90.4% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2010 85.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2011 98.3%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2012 89.6% linkage ball joint dust cover…
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 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 93.4%
- Porsche Boxster 91.5%
- BMW M3 90.9%
- Audi A8 90.3%
- Honda Fit 86.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.8%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 6 failure items · 5 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 16 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 | 7 | 43.80% | 19.76% | +24.04 |
| Suspension | 2 | 12.50% | 20.98% | −8.48 |
| Brakes | 2 | 12.50% | 20.89% | −8.39 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 12.50% | 12.21% | +0.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 6.20% | 5.52% | +0.68 |
| Visibility | 1 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 6.20% | 0.82% | +5.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Flexible brake hoses slightly twisted Brakes | Minor | 1.7% | £25–70 |
| Position lamp insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £5–20 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Rectified | 1.7% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 1.7% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.7% | £40–150 |
| 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 | 6 | 100.0% | 25,931 mi |
| 30-60k | 35 | 100.0% | 47,142 mi |
| 60-90k | 15 | 100.0% | 68,955 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 66.7% | 107,191 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 134,332 mi |
Source: 60 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.
2011 V350 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350?
98.3% of the 60 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 98.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (1.67%), flexible brake hoses slightly twisted (1.67%), position lamp insecure (1.67%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Mercedes-Benz V350 in this dataset had covered 50,912 mi.