2016 Mercedes-Benz Slc: MOT pass rate and reliability

85.3% of 2016 Mercedes-Benz Slcs pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,253 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 41,212 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Mercedes-Benz Slcs (87.5%, 8,305 tests): -2.2 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +4.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Mercedes-Benz Slc model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Mercedes-Benz Slc:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2016 85.3% 2,253 41,212
2017 86.5% 3,455 35,646
2018 89.6% 1,496 28,771
2019 92.3% 986 21,591

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Slc

The 2016 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.2 points less often than the Mercedes-Benz Slc average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2016 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 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 2016 Mercedes-Benz Slc the average at test was 41,212 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.

The strongest year for this model is 2019 at 92.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2016 at 85.3%. That 7.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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