Mercedes-Benz GLE MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Mercedes-Benz GLE in Great Britain in 2025 — 33,887 tests. Figures cover every GLE first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the GLE ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
87.1%
14.8 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
33,887
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.6%
of GLE first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
83,750
middle half: 66,250–101,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

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

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 41,034 Mercedes-Benz GLE cars that were taxed or on SORN: 39,514 taxed and 1,520 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 GLE vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
39,514
96.3% of the 41,034 GLE cars taxed or on SORN; 69 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,520
declared off the road by their keepers — 3.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed GLE cars is still rising: 39,514 at the end of 2025, up 1,886 (5.0%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 1 at the end of 2015 to 1,520 at the end of 2025, up 151900.0%. 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 GLE 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 GLE cars, year 2014: 0Taxed GLE cars, year 2015: 2kTaxed GLE cars, year 2016: 8kTaxed GLE cars, year 2017: 12kTaxed GLE cars, year 2018: 17kTaxed GLE cars, year 2019: 19kTaxed GLE cars, year 2020: 25kTaxed GLE cars, year 2021: 30kTaxed GLE cars, year 2022: 33kTaxed GLE cars, year 2023: 35kTaxed GLE cars, year 2024: 38kTaxed GLE cars, year 2025: 40k40k
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YearTaxed GLE cars
20140
20151,539
20167,979
201711,804
201817,191
201919,288
202025,420
202129,966
202233,376
202335,233
202437,628
202539,514

GLE 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.

05001k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)GLE cars on SORN, year 2014: 0GLE cars on SORN, year 2015: 1GLE cars on SORN, year 2016: 50GLE cars on SORN, year 2017: 99GLE cars on SORN, year 2018: 142GLE cars on SORN, year 2019: 303GLE cars on SORN, year 2020: 545GLE cars on SORN, year 2021: 609GLE cars on SORN, year 2022: 777GLE cars on SORN, year 2023: 1kGLE cars on SORN, year 2024: 1kGLE cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearGLE cars on SORN
20140
20151
201650
201799
2018142
2019303
2020545
2021609
2022777
20231,024
20241,274
20251,520

Which model years survive

Taxed GLE cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 39,514 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 GLE cars
20252,7396.9%
20243,0427.7%
20232,9277.4%
20223,2128.1%
20214,29610.9%
20204,66811.8%
20193,1888.1%
20185,27613.4%
20173,97110.0%
20165,08912.9%
20151,1062.8%

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 GLE CLASS, GLE 450, GLE 400, AMG GLE 53 E 4MATIC+ AUTO, GLE 350 URBAN EDITION DE 4M A, GLE 300 URBAN ED D MHEV 4M A 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 GLE ages

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

Mercedes-Benz GLEAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Mercedes-Benz GLE, vehicle age 3: 87.2%Mercedes-Benz GLE, vehicle age 4: 87.5%Mercedes-Benz GLE, vehicle age 5: 88.5%Mercedes-Benz GLE, vehicle age 6: 87.6%Mercedes-Benz GLE, vehicle age 7: 86.2%Mercedes-Benz GLE, vehicle age 8: 86.5%Mercedes-Benz GLE, vehicle age 9: 86%Mercedes-Benz GLE, vehicle age 10: 88.8%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 GLE 88.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)GLE testsGLE pass rateAll cars
33,67287.2%88.5%
44,88587.5%87.2%
54,97588.5%86.0%
63,40987.6%83.5%
75,70486.2%80.9%
84,45786.5%78.2%
95,31986.0%74.9%
101,25588.8%71.9%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

GLE aheadGLE behind
-18-9+0+9+18Age 3: -1.3 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.3 points vs the average carAge 5: +2.5 points vs the average car5Age 6: +4.1 points vs the average carAge 7: +5.3 points vs the average car7Age 8: +8.3 points vs the average carAge 9: +11.1 points vs the average car9Age 10: +16.9 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-1.3
4+0.3
5+2.5
6+4.1
7+5.3
8+8.3
9+11.1
10+16.9

The GLE fleet on the road, by age

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

01k3k4k6kAge 3: 3k3Age 4: 4kAge 5: 4k5Age 6: 3kAge 7: 5k7Age 8: 4kAge 9: 5k9Age 10: 1k10Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
33,672
44,885
54,975
63,409
75,704
84,457
95,319
101,255

What a GLE fails on

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

Tyres49.5%
Brakes9.3%
Suspension8.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.0%
Visibility6.5%
Identification of the vehicle4.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.6%
Body, chassis, structure3.8%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (95.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 56.3% of advisories56.3%Brakes: 23.0% of advisories23.0%Non-component advisories: 10.0% of advisories10.0%Suspension: 5.7% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.6% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.1% of advisories
TyresBrakesNon-component advisoriesSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres56.3%
Brakes23.0%
Non-component advisories10.0%
Suspension5.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.6%
Identification of the vehicle1.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid GLE?

First-time pass rate for the four most-tested GLE fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 86.8% of 27,563 tests86.8%Diesel27,563 testsElectric diesel: 86.9% of 2,673 tests86.9%Electric diesel2,673 testsHybrid electric: 88.2% of 1,880 tests88.2%Hybrid1,880 testsPetrol: 90.4% of 1,769 tests90.4%Petrol1,769 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel27,56386.8%
Electric diesel2,67386.9%
Hybrid electric1,88088.2%
Petrol1,76990.4%

What mileage is normal for a GLE?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) GLE; 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 GLE (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k357910Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–43,750)Age 4: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 31,250–51,250)Age 5: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–58,750)Age 6: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 38,750–63,750)Age 7: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 48,750–76,250)Age 8: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 58,750–93,750)Age 10: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 66,250–101,250)83k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
321,25031,25043,750
431,25038,75051,250
533,75046,25058,750
638,75051,25063,750
748,75061,25076,250
853,75068,75083,750
958,75073,75093,750
1066,25083,750101,250

What fails at each age

The GLE's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresSuspensionBrakesIdentification of the vehicleVisibilityBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres65.0%
3-5 yrsSuspension7.8%
3-5 yrsBrakes6.6%
3-5 yrsIdentification of the vehicle4.9%
3-5 yrsVisibility4.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else11.2%
6-9 yrsTyres48.4%
6-9 yrsBrakes12.2%
6-9 yrsSuspension11.2%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure5.8%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else16.9%
10-13 yrsTyres35.4%
10-13 yrsBrakes15.8%
10-13 yrsSuspension15.8%
10-13 yrsVisibility7.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment6.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else19.1%

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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.