2020 Mercedes-Benz Gle: MOT pass rate and reliability

90.5% of 2020 Mercedes-Benz Gles pass the MOT first time, measured across 4,547 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 38,297 miles.

How the 2020 compares

  • Against all Mercedes-Benz Gles (88.9%, 28,878 tests): +1.6 points
  • Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): +1.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Mercedes-Benz Gle model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Mercedes-Benz Gle:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2015 89.1% 1,270 77,351
2016 89.1% 5,426 69,850
2017 87% 4,571 62,301
2018 88.2% 5,899 55,502
2019 89.3% 3,441 45,086
2020 90.5% 4,547 38,297
2021 89.6% 3,628 32,099

What this means if you are buying a 2020 Gle

The 2020 sits close to the Mercedes-Benz Gle average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 6-year-old car fails on

A 2020 car is 6 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2020 Mercedes-Benz Gle the average at test was 38,297 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

2020 is the strongest year on record for this model at 90.5%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

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