Pass rate
92.8%
Above average — 3.6 pts behind the 96.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 138 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£102
2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito MOT pass rate
- 2024
- 4 trims combined
- typical 23,880 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
37.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
0.5 pts up across model years — 1.9% in 2002, 2.4% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2025 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2003 64.9% pass
Across the 26 years on record, a spread of 35.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.4%
- Typical mileage
- 24k mi
The 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito MOT pass rate is 92.8% of its MOT tests — 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz Vito does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.8× the national share
Brakes make up 37.8% of everything recorded on the 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito, against 20.9% nationally — 16.9 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 96.4%; this one manages 92.8% — 3.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- 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 Vito first registered in 2024 is combined here — 4 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 96.4%, 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 92.4%. The median 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito in this dataset had covered 23,880 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.7% of the time, April–September 92.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 2.17% of tests.
- 138 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.8% overall pass rate, 92.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz Vito, the average is 78.5% — best year 2025 (100.0%), worst 2003 (64.9%).
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
- 138
- Typical mileage (median)
- 23,880 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz Vito
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Vito MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Vito
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 40 | 95.0% |
| South East | 37 | 89.2% |
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 2024 Vito
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 2024 Vito
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 brakes 2.2% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the windscreen 2.2% 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 exhaust and emissions 0.7% of tests
“emissions not tested unable to be completed”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2024 Vito through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£102 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£102
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 138 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 Vito, side by side
26 model years on record, from 2000 to 2025. Across them the pass rate runs from 64.9% to 100.0% — a spread of 35.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 67.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 67.6% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 68.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 64.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 69.1% component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 70.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 71.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 72.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 73.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 74.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 75.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 75.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 76.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 77.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 78.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 79.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 79.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 82.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 82.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 83.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 83.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 85.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 89.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 93.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2024 92.8%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2025 100.0% no single leading item
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 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito 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 2024 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2024 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 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 45 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 | 17 | 37.80% | 20.89% | +16.91 |
| Tyres | 12 | 26.70% | 19.76% | +6.94 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 11.10% | 4.18% | +6.92 |
| Suspension | 3 | 6.70% | 20.98% | −14.28 |
| Visibility | 3 | 6.70% | 4.97% | +1.73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 4.40% | 12.21% | −7.81 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 4.40% | 5.52% | −1.12 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 2.20% | 0.82% | +1.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.2% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.72% | £45–110 |
| Electrical wiring insulation so damaged or deteriorated it is likely to cause a short-circuit Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.72% | £5–25 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.72% | £60–250 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.72% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.72% | £30–80 |
| Lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment Brakes | Major | 0.72% | £45–110 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.72% | £3–12 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 0.72% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 2.2% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 75 | 96.0% | 12,149 mi |
| 30-60k | 39 | 89.7% | 42,472 mi |
| 60-90k | 11 | 72.7% | 69,218 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 99,287 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 138,040 mi |
Source: 138 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.
2024 Vito MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito?
92.8% of the 138 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 96.4% for cars first used in 2024. First-attempt pass rate: 92.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.17%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.17%), brake discs significantly and obviously worn (0.72%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito in this dataset had covered 23,880 mi.
Does the season affect the 2024 Mercedes-Benz Vito MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.