Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 12.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 980 individual Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 88.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 11 in every 100 Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D As presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A tested had covered 53,552 miles and was built around 2020.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A

1. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 3.4% of tests (2.79x the national rate for this defect)
2. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 3.3% of tests (1.44x the national rate for this defect)
3. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.7% of tests
4. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.9% of tests
5. Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel, 0.5% of tests (11.42x the national rate for this defect)
6. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.5% of tests
7. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.4% of tests
8. A tyre has a lump, bulge or tear caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. This includes any lifting of the tread rubber, 0.2% of tests (1.27x the national rate for this defect)
9. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 0.2% of tests
10. A transmission shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated, 0.2% of tests (22.49x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,687 DVSA-tracked Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 16.38% of these flagged Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A year:

• 2019 Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A - 87.4% first-time pass, 494 tests
• 2020 Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Line Ed Prem D A - 90.1% first-time pass, 473 tests

Other Mercedes-Benz models

• Mercedes-Benz C - 77.4%
• Mercedes-Benz A-Class - 78.7%
• Mercedes-Benz E - 79.2%
• Mercedes-Benz A - 89.5%
• Mercedes-Benz Vito - 72.7%
• Mercedes-Benz Gla - 85.2%
• Mercedes-Benz Glc - 87.8%
• Mercedes-Benz B-Class - 74.7%

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• Audi A4 S Ln Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev Sa - 88.8%
• Jaguar F-Pace Rdynamic S D Mhev Awd A - 88.8%
• Hyundai Tucson N Ln48v Mhev Crdi2wd Sa - 88.8%
• Ford Kuga Titanium Ecoblue - 88.8%
• Land Rover R Rover Velar Rdyn Se D Mhev A - 88.8%
• Audi Q3 S Line Black Ed 35 Tfsi - 88.8%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

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• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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