Mercedes-Benz E 300 Amg Ln Night Ed Prem+D A: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Mercedes-Benz E 300 Amg Ln Night Ed Prem+D A passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 8.7 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 664 individual Mercedes-Benz E 300 Amg Ln Night Ed Prem+D A tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 85.4% first-time pass rate means roughly 15 in every 100 Mercedes-Benz E 300 Amg Ln Night 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 300 Amg Ln Night Ed Prem+D A tested had covered 44,535 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 300 Amg Ln Night 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 300 Amg Ln Night Ed Prem+D A

1. Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel, 4.2% of tests (90.26x the national rate for this defect)
2. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 2.4% of tests (1.98x the national rate for this defect)
3. A tyre seriously damaged, 3.7% of tests (1.84x the national rate for this defect)
4. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.4% of tests
5. A tyre not fitted in compliance with the manufacturers sidewall instruction, 0.4% of tests (9.24x the national rate for this defect)
6. 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, 0.4% of tests (2.6x the national rate for this defect)
7. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.3% of tests
8. Tyres on the same axle or on twin wheels are different sizes, 0.1% of tests (1.63x the national rate for this defect)
9. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 0.1% of tests
10. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.1% of tests

From 1,375 DVSA-tracked Mercedes-Benz E 300 Amg Ln Night Ed Prem+D A tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 24.1% of these flagged Mercedes-Benz E 300 Amg Ln Night Ed Prem+D A defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

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%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Mercedes-Benz Unclassified - 85.5%
• Peugeot Boxer 435 S L3h2 Bluehdi - 85.5%
• Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Se D Auto - 85.4%
• BMW 5 Series - 85.3%
• Tesla Model 3 Long Range Awd - 85.3%
• BMW 430 - 85.3%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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