2022 Mercedes-Benz CLA: MOT pass rate and common faults

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 86.6% to 87.8% (±0.7 points).

• 2022 Mercedes-Benz CLA87.2%
• All vehicles first used in 202288.5%

That is 1.3 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2022 (88.5%). These cars were about 3 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2022 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2022, failures are more common in tyres (1.5×), and less common in windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.7×) and lights and electrics (0.6×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2022.

1. Tyres7.4 in 100 tests1.5× compared with 5.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022
2. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors1.8 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022
3. Brakes1.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2022
4. Lights and electrics1.6 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022
5. Suspension0.9 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2022
6. Wheels0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2022
7. Number plates and VIN0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2022

All vehicles first used in 2022: the 217 models in our data, 1,692,367 tests (95.8% of all 1,765,878 tests on vehicles first used in 2022). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2022 Mercedes-Benz CLA

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

Other Mercedes-Benz CLA years

• 2021 Mercedes-Benz CLA86.0%

Other cars first used in 2022

• 2022 Ford Fiesta91.0%
• 2022 Vauxhall Corsa85.9%
• 2022 Ford Focus90.1%
• 2022 Volkswagen Golf91.9%
• 2022 MINI Hatch90.4%