Mercedes-Benz EQA MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Mercedes-Benz EQA in Great Britain in 2025 — 9,850 tests. Figures cover every EQA first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the EQA ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
89.6%
17.3 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
9,850
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
3.7%
of EQA first tests; national 7.3%

How many Mercedes-Benz EQA cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 34,842 Mercedes-Benz EQA cars that were taxed or on SORN: 34,693 taxed and 149 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Mercedes-Benz EQA vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
34,693
99.6% of the 34,842 EQA cars taxed or on SORN; 21 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
149
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed EQA cars is still rising: 34,693 at the end of 2025, up 7,463 (27.4%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 1 at the end of 2021 to 149 at the end of 2025, up 14800.0%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed EQA cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed EQA cars, year 2014: 0Taxed EQA cars, year 2015: 0Taxed EQA cars, year 2016: 0Taxed EQA cars, year 2017: 0Taxed EQA cars, year 2018: 0Taxed EQA cars, year 2019: 0Taxed EQA cars, year 2020: 0Taxed EQA cars, year 2021: 5kTaxed EQA cars, year 2022: 10kTaxed EQA cars, year 2023: 16kTaxed EQA cars, year 2024: 27kTaxed EQA cars, year 2025: 35k35k
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YearTaxed EQA cars
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20190
20200
20215,074
20229,533
202316,429
202427,230
202534,693

EQA cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

0501001502014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)EQA cars on SORN, year 2014: 0EQA cars on SORN, year 2015: 0EQA cars on SORN, year 2016: 0EQA cars on SORN, year 2017: 0EQA cars on SORN, year 2018: 0EQA cars on SORN, year 2019: 0EQA cars on SORN, year 2020: 0EQA cars on SORN, year 2021: 1EQA cars on SORN, year 2022: 12EQA cars on SORN, year 2023: 42EQA cars on SORN, year 2024: 77EQA cars on SORN, year 2025: 149149
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YearEQA cars on SORN
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20190
20200
20211
202212
202342
202477
2025149

Which model years survive

Taxed EQA cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 34,693 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed EQA cars
20258,19023.6%
202411,27932.5%
20236,84019.7%
20224,22512.2%
20214,15912.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model names EQA CLASS, EQA 250PLUS URBAN EDITION under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the EQA ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, EQA vs all cars, 2025.

Mercedes-Benz EQAAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Mercedes-Benz EQA, vehicle age 3: 88.2%Mercedes-Benz EQA, vehicle age 4: 91.1%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Mercedes-Benz EQA 91.1%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)EQA testsEQA pass rateAll cars
34,68888.2%88.5%
44,73991.1%87.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

The EQA's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the EQA beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

EQA aheadEQA behind
-4-2+0+2+4Age 3: -0.3 points vs the average car3Age 4: +3.9 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-0.3
4+3.9

The EQA fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the EQA fleet still in use.

01k2k3k5kAge 3: 4k3Age 4: 4k4Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
34,688
44,739

What an EQA fails on

Where the failure items land when an EQA fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres64.0%
Visibility11.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment9.0%
Suspension7.0%
Identification of the vehicle2.6%
Brakes2.2%
Road Wheels1.4%
Body, chassis, structure1.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (99.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a EQA, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 81.0% of advisories81.0%Non-component advisories: 8.3% of advisories8.3%Suspension: 6.6% of advisoriesBrakes: 2.8% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.0% of advisoriesSteering: 0.1% of advisories
TyresNon-component advisoriesSuspensionBrakesIdentification of the vehicleSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres81.0%
Non-component advisories8.3%
Suspension6.6%
Brakes2.8%
Identification of the vehicle1.0%
Steering0.1%

What mileage is normal for an EQA?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) EQA; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical EQA (median)
0k25k50k34Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–41,250)31k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75028,75038,750
421,25031,25041,250

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.