Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 12.4 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,011 individual Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 89.1% first-time pass rate means roughly 11 in every 100 Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premiums 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 Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium tested had covered 26,499 miles and was built around 2021.

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 Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium 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 Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 5.4% of tests (2.71x the national rate for this defect)
2. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1.3% of tests
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 1% of tests
4. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.5% of tests
5. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.2% of tests
6. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.2% of tests
7. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.1% of tests
8. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 0.1% of tests
9. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.1% of tests
10. A tyre not fitted in compliance with the manufacturers sidewall instruction, 0.1% of tests (1.28x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,652 DVSA-tracked Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.77% of these flagged Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium 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 Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium year:

• 2021 Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium - 89.4% first-time pass, 976 tests
• 2021 Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium - 90.3% first-time pass, 237 tests

Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Electric Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium - 89.7% first-time pass, 1,005 tests
• Electric Mercedes-Benz Eqa 250 Amg Line Premium - 90.4% first-time pass, 240 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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• Skoda Enyaq Iv 60 - 89.1%
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• Kia Sportage GT-Ln S Crdi Mhev Sa - 89.1%
• Land Rover Defender Hse D Auto - 89.1%
• Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev - 89.1%

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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